Time-Compression Technologies Magazine Archive 2002 (and backfills for previous years)
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Author Fred Bryson
Source Time Compression Technologies. v7 n5 Sept., 2002, pp 32-4
Abstract Forging technology evolves from art to science as a Wisconsin manufacturer captures the shape of rough forgings with a measuring arm and uses this data to find the "best fit" for machining. Two years ago, Ladish quality engineers found a simpler way to generate a digital image of critical rough-forged Space Shuttle parts - and get a vastly more detailed image in the process. They brought in a FAROArm - a portable, 3-D measuring system from FARO Technologies. Measured data are fed into the companion software for the arm, known as CAM2 Measure, as streams of points or as splines. This software operates with CAD and imaging packages, enabling users to recreate an image of the surface of almost any object. In addition, this software can use the original CAD design file of the part as a quality "template" so that users can see instantly where a measured part is out of spec with the design. XX
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