This article deals with the PicoThruvar through-the-spindle in-process ID measuring head for diameters down to 1 mm, air gages for deep holes, optical gages for OD down to 0.5 mm, the Mida OP32 compact probing system, the Mida Laser 75 Pico non contact tool-checking system and the M39s scanning system for OD and ID smaller than 1 mm.
Frank Powell and Sharad Mundra, product managers for the PRODAR Division and MIDA Division in Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich., interviewed by Manufacturing Engineering.
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Read the Small-Part Metrology article, that first appeared in the January 2008 issue of Manufacturing Engineering Magazine.
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