By Dr. Peter J. de Groot, Executive Director of R&D & Michael Schmidt, Market Development Manager, Zygo Corp. When looking at the place of metrology in the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” it is interesting to ponder whether industry 4.0 is being driven by developments in metrology or metrology developments are being driven by Industry 4.0. Today’s…
Overcoming metrology bottlenecks in additive manufacturing
By Eric Felkel, Product Manager (Optical Profilers), Zygo Corp. Undoubtedly there are many benefits associated with the use of additive manufacturing (AM) as a production technology. Across industries, manufacturers exploit the fact that through the use of AM they can not only build complex parts — in one piece — which were previously impossible, but […]