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The capabilities of metrotomography provide enormous potential to optimize internal processes.
| Measure hidden structures non-destructively |
| The innovative metrotomography procedure makes structures on parts visible and permits metrology evaluations, which would otherwise be very timeconsuming and technically involved with standard measuring technology. With METROTOM systems, parts with difficult-to-reach structures can be quickly and easily measured non-destructively. It is no longer necessary to cover the parts with synthetic resin and gradually destroy them to be able to measure two-dimensionally plane-by-plane. With metrotomography, a requested initial sample test report is generated in a fraction of the time needed using traditional, destructive measuring technology. |
| Meaningful results |
| In addition to dimensional metrology, the complete 3D capture of a workpiece makes it possible to compare CAD models and measurement datasets. The color-coded, easy-to-interpret display of a geometry comparison quickly and clearly provides meaningful information about the dimensional stability of the entire workpiece – another way of saving time and money. |
| Identify part differences |
| The generated volume dataset can be saved and archived for documentation purposes. During part requalification, users can access the original dataset at any time – even years later. Analysis errors caused by aging or temperature, or moisturerelated part changes are thus avoided. |
| Correct tools |
| Metrotomography enables injection-molding or die-casting toolmakers to drastically reduce correction cycles during tool development. The part deviations determined by the measuring software are used to optimize the tool form. The reduction of the tool corrections leads to faster availability of the parts on the market. Based on the statements of metro tomography users, the savings potential here is more than 50 percent of the tool development time depending on the part. |
| Destruction-free defect analysis |
| Using the same dataset, a non-destructive material and defect analysis can also be performed without significant additional work. For example, porosity analyses about the distribution and size of air inclusions in the part can be per formed to check the process parameters and the correct dimensioning of the injection channels. |
| Reverse engineering |
| CAD models of existing finished parts must be repeatedly generated. Using additional software packages, the desired CAD data can be generated from the METROTOM voxel data. |
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