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Capture real-world quality data for measurement, positioning and inspection, and use actionable information gained by analysing the results to improve manufacturing processes.
The role of metrology within the manufacturing process has long been associated with quality assurance – a post-production inspection of the dimensional measurements of a part against specifications. Results either indicated that the the part was either good to go, or that it was not to standard and needed, at best, reworking, or at worst, to be scrapped completely. Metrology was the necessary evil; quality the barrier to productivity.
Yet quality data provides manufacturers with much greater opportunities than simply checking components. The function of the quality department shouldn’t be to find fault. By analysing quality data to its full potential, the quality department can influence decision-making upstream and downstream. It can help other stakeholders within the manufacturing process to ensure that quality runs throughout the product lifecycle. It can be the architect of quality design, quality production and quality outcomes.
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s metrology hardware captures quality data for measurement, positioning and inspection. It is the key bridge between the real and virtual worlds, bringing real-world data into the digital domain. Our technology is helping manufacturers to pioneer mechanisms for utilising this data more effectively – using it to inform design and engineering processes and provide feedback to the production process. Our measurement-assisted production technology is best-in-class, and we continue to innovate towards more real-time feedback loop applications.
Hexagon has a proud heritage in metrology, delivering accuracy and precision from the quality room to the shop-floor. Our research and development team is committed to developing new measurement hardware across a technology portfolio encompassing hand tools, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), portable measuring arms, laser trackers and 3D optical scanners, as well as metrology software and statistical process control (SPC) solutions. We are driving quality inspection technology trends: from contact to non-contact; from offline to integrated; from manual to automated. And, by using our metrology hardware and software solutions in parallel with manufacturing information technologies from the wider product lifecycle, we are driving new definitions of metrology and the quality department, and developing processes where quality drives productivity.
Design and Engineering
Embed quality into product design and engineering to ensure component manufacturability and downstream production productivity.
Production
Ensure that design intent is maintained through the production cycle to improve productivity and continuously deliver high-quality components.
Measure Quality
Read how Triumph Gear manages the quality of around 500 different types of aerospace components with tolerances as tight as 25 microns.
Metrology Hardware
From hand tools to automated solutions, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) to portable measuring arms, laser trackers and optical scanners, Hexagon Manufacturing...
3D Metrology Software
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence is the largest software developer in the metrology industry and offers a wide range of in-house developed, individually-customisable...
Statistical Process Control (SPC) Software
Offering a complete toolset of data management and statistical evaluation methodologies to suit manufacturers of all sizes and setups, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s...
Rethinking Quality for Dummies
Are you ready to rethink quality? This free eBook is your essential guide to using quality to take your business to the next level.
Rethink Quality at HxGN LIVE: The Manufacturing Intelligence Track Keynote
Watch Norbert Hanke challenge HxGN LIVE 2018 attendees to ‘Rethink Quality’ in the Manufacturing Intelligence track keynote presentation.
Blogs
A day in the life of an applications engineer
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:09:48 +0000 When you ask a Hexagon applications engineer to describe their role, you’ll never get the same answer twice. With an unrivalled reach and influence, Hexagon’s metrology capabilities touch every aspect of engineering and manufacturing, and that’s what makes the applications engineer’s job so varied and interesting. An applications engineer is, ultimately, a problem solver. These [...]
Laser scanning: a step-change in manufacturing efficiency
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:24:27 +0000 In today’s competitive market, manufacturers are looking for every opportunity to increase efficiency. In addition, regulatory bodies and the general public are increasingly attentive to the role that manufacturing plays in the current climate crisis. As such, manufacturers are pursuing opportunities to make their operations and products more sustainable. Every department has a part to [...]
Inspiring young minds to address the skills gap
Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:57:35 +0000 Working at Hexagon, you hear about many great applications for our technology. There are the driverless vehicles, laser scanning of Formula 1 cars, aircraft wings and the sci-fi robotic automation to name just a few. For one little girl in Michigan, USA, it’s being able to scan her toy trucks and seeing a digital version [...]
Employee Spotlight: UK engineering students gain industry experience with a Hexagon internship
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:33:03 +0000 Between July and September 2021, a number of physics and engineering students studying at Nottingham University began internships based at Hexagon’s Ruddington offices in the UK.
Manufacturing a smarter pivot to electric vehicles
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:59:07 +0000 For over a century, the automotive industry has been a dominant influence over all aspects of industrial manufacturing. Today, as the process of moving from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles (EV) gathers pace rapidly, we continue to see the wide-ranging impact of technology convergence within this sector. The recent numbers are staggering – [...]