UK manufacturing must ‘measure up’ for a digital future

Posted on 19 Jun 2020 by Jonny Williamson

A new report has been published to help UK manufacturers exploit growing commercial opportunities and to identify future R&D priorities around measurement and control techniques.

Metrology lies at the heart of the ‘digital manufacturing’ step-change, as the measurement data it yields can be used to control the process and/or inspect the quality of the product. Whereas metrology has traditionally been carried out post-production, today the trend is for integrated metrology – real-time, accurate measurements carried out during manufacturing and by…

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