by API | Jan 28, 2021 | Industry Focus
39 years ago, a visionary young engineer, newly bestowed with his doctorate, began working at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), which would later become known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). By the fall of that year, Dr. Kam...
by API | Nov 30, 2020 | Industry Focus
Industry Focus: Aviation History Month How the Laser Tracker Changed Modern Aviation Manufacturing, and Airline Travel, for the World As we celebrate Aviation History Month this (and every) November, much of the discussion centers around a few watershed moments that...
by API | Oct 19, 2020 | Industry Focus
3 Reasons to Calibrate Your Robot Today When we talk about industrial robots, we tend to contextualize them as tools that burst onto the scene in the ‘80s, fully formed harbingers of the Industry 4.0 movement that would automate manufacturing in the name of speed and...
by API | Jul 16, 2020 | Industry Focus
Industry Focus: Wind Energy The rotor blades used on windmills to harvest the power of wind are far more complex than they appear from the ground. The blades are intricately designed yet molded and assembled on a grand scale. In fact, some of these blades are so...
by API | Jun 30, 2020 | Industry Focus
What is Industry 4.0? The term Industry 4.0 is used a lot when discussing modern manufacturing plants. It’s become a popular buzzword usually accompanied by the phrase “Process Control” and images of robots and automated assembly lines, but what does Industry 4.0...
by API | Jun 18, 2020 | Industry Focus
The shipbuilding industry is a critical user of Laser Trackers for dimensional metrology applications all throughout their machining and assembly processes. The main advantage of Tracker use in shipbuilding is to maximize the value and productivity in crane time. The...
