Category: Industry Focus
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LADAR Application | Full Aircraft Inspection
As the aviation industry continues to evolve, the need for advanced technology to perform aircraft inspections becomes increasingly important. One such technology is non-contact scanning, which is becoming increasingly popular for full aircraft inspections. Given the extreme forces they are subjected to during takeoff, flight, and landing, full aircraft inspections are necessary for military and […]
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Industry Focus – Industrial Robots
From George Devol’s Unimation patent in 1961 all the way to the groundbreaking innovations in smart robotics we see from Fanuc and Boston Dynamics today, Industrial Robots have steadily taken a larger role in manufacturing, assembly, and inspection applications across every industry. Their superhuman speed, strength, and repeatability have made them ideal for welding, materials […]
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Dr. Lau/NIST
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At API, we have a Passion for Metrology
For more than 30 years, we have pioneered groundbreaking technology, helping to push the frontiers of tomorrow’s manufacturing environments forward. It’s a mission that started in the basement of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with a revolutionary idea and developed into a technology that changed how manufacturing and Quality Assurance are performed […]
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4 Uses for Tactile Probing and Laser Scanning in Moldmaking
While in the past, theodolites and template comparisons were used for determining accuracy in large fabrication projects, the ability to scan and probe with a Laser Tracker has become the standard in many industries (like Shipbuilding and Aerospace). These methods of data collection are much faster and more accurate than traditional methods, collecting points that […]
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Industry Focus: Hydropower
Hydropower is one of the world’s oldest energy sources, as civilizations used the power of water currents for centuries before humans discovered electricity. After that discovery, hydropower became one of the earliest sources of electricity, with the first water turbine being developed in the late 1800s. And while its development was quickly outpaced by fossil […]
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Industry Focus – Large Boiler Manufacturing
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Industry Focus: Aviation History Month
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3 Reasons to Calibrate Your Robot Today
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Industry Focus: Wind Energy
Industry Focus: Wind Energy The rotor blades used on windmills to harvest the power of wind are far more complex than they appear from the ground. The blades are intricately designed yet molded and assembled on a grand scale. In fact, some of these blades are so large, they cannot be transported by road. They […]