Braunschweig/Germany, 28 November 2011 - The measurement of components is a daily routine in industrial production. However especially in production, the conditions are not ideal for conducting measurements: Machines and forklifts cause vibrations, and the measurement area is rarely protected. Under these circumstances it can hardly be assured that the object to be measured is standing immovable while data acquisition is running. Yet this is exactly what most of the measuring systems require for generating high-precision measurement results, amongst others laser trackers or measuring arms. Even minimal movements of the work piece or the measuring device would lead to inaccurate results. If the object or the measuring system change position during data collection, the whole measuring process has to be restarted.

MoveInspect from AICON, a portable measuring system which works with high-resolution digital cameras and a hand-held probe, now offers a solution to this dilemma. Thanks to the "Dynamic Referencing"-function, MoveInspect is able to compensate movements. That means movements of the object or the measuring device during the measurement do no longer affect the results. The user receives reliable data in any case. Due to the fact that the system uses optical reference points, all measurements are automatically transformed into the object-coordinate system. The MoveInspect system therefore knows all the time where the object and the cameras are located in space.

"Dynamic Referencing" offers an additional advantage: The user can benefit from the functionality by relocating the cameras during the measuring process and then simply continuing the measurement. Thus the operator can cover a large measuring range with little equipment. This is particularly useful for large measuring objects and allows a comfortable and fast measuring procedure.

(Anyone interested can take a look at MoveInspect at the fair EuroMold (Nov 29-Dec 02, 2011) in Frankfurt/Main (Germany). The system will be showcased in hall 8 on AICON's stand K69)

Dipl.-Ing. Marianne Hermsen-Pankau, AICON 3D Systems GmbH, Germany. Email: marianne.pankau@aicon.de