API ROBOT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION SOLUTION Laser measurement technology company, API, announces the launch of a Laser Tracker based industrial robot performance and calibration solution. The API Robot Measurement Solution (RMS) provides the complete...
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API Product Line
API Product Line https://youtu.be/hquLsgpH1dw For more than 30 years, API has pioneered laser-based equipment for measurement and calibration. API’s founder and CEO, Dr. Kam Lau, invented the laser tracker while working at USA’s National Institute of Standards and...
Laser Tracker Certification
Laser Tracker Certification Laser trackers have become the measuring tool of choice for large volume dimensional metrology applications within the aerospace, ship building, terrestrial transportation, and power generation industries. A laser tracker is a portable...
API At PolyWorks 2019
API At PolyWorks 2019 https://youtu.be/vNXP4K6gvjI On April 24th and 25th, 2019, API exhibited at the PolyWorks Conference in Novi, MI. API’s line of Radian Laser Trackers were not only on display in our booth, but they were chosen for demonstration at the PolyClinics...
API Launches Scanning Laser Tracker
API Launches Scanning Laser Tracker API Metrology announces the introduction of its RADIAN-Scan scanning laser tracker. The RADIAN-Scan is aimed at the 3D scanning and reverse engineering markets, offering a productive alternative to portable arms and hand-held,...
Checkbox | Smart Factory Inspection System
Checkbox | Smart Factory Inspection System https://youtube.com/watch?v=nTUWWy19LLo API, recognizing the manufacturing industry’s increasing demand for part measurement automation, with a higher degree of accuracy, has developed its Smart Factory Inspection System...
The API SwivelCheck is an All-in-One Solution for Machine-Tool Axis Analysis
The API SwivelCheck is an All-in-One Solution for Machine-Tool Axis Analysis API’s SWIVELCHECK measures the rotary and pendulum axes and tilt tables of machine tools and can also calibrate their errors. SwivelCheck combines a servo-driven motor with electronic level...
The New API
The New API https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kp3_Xb0Sdis After 30 years as a global metrology pioneer improving manufacturing processes, Automated Precision Inc., the inventor of the Laser Tracker and 6 Degrees of Freedom laser interferometer, has rebranded to API. Our...
The Birth Of API
The Birth Of API “I’ll know when it’s time for me to retire,” Dr. Kam Lau says with a laugh. “I will retire one day when someone says, ‘Kam, your idea is too old.’ That’s the sign I should leave.” It’s a statement that could sound arrogant coming from someone else....
“I Had to Make My Own Toys:” Dr. Lau and the Invention of the Laser Tracker
“I Had to Make My Own Toys:” Dr. Lau and the Invention of the Laser Tracker In April of 1982, a young engineer stands in the basement of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), which will later become known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)....