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Aerospace Industry & Automotive Manufacturing

3D Microscopes & Optical Profilers For High Performance Component Manufacturers

Mechanical components for the aerospace industry and automotive manufacturer are created and finished using a wide variety of processes including machining, grinding, polishing, etching and shot peening. The surface finish of these components can have a huge effect on tribology and wear, impacting everything from efficiency and emission levels to engine reliability and life expectancy. As a result, both aerospace and automotive manufacturers and R&D engineers need high-performance metrology to provide comprehensive surface topography data. Ideally, the metrology solution should work with a wide range of surface treatments and materials as well as on both flat and highly contoured parts. Component manufacturers are increasingly utilizing high-speed 3D microscopes and optical profilers for their ability to perform non-contact surface mapping over a broad range of roughness and surface types, including metals and polymers.

Bruker's 3D microscopes and optical profiler solutions for the automotive and aerospace manufacturing industries provide quantitative, repeatable data for surface quality and shape, with flexibility to support R&D and process development, and the speed and repeatability for quality control. The most recent advances in profiling technology—including the ability to measure dynamic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) as they actuate, to observe components through transparent coverings, and to investigate large objects without sectioning—offer both increased measurement convenience and an even greater understanding of the myriad factors that impact friction, lubrication, and wear. The ability to perform fast, flexible, three-dimensional measurements on part surfaces will continue to help researchers and manufacturers improve automotive and aerospace component functionality and manufacturing processes, enabling both safer travel and lower consumer costs.

3D Microscopes and Optical Profilers For Aerospace & Automotive

• ContourGT-X8 3D Microscope

• ContourGT-X3 3D Microscope

• ContourGT-K1 3D Microscope

• ContourGT-K0 3D Microscope

• NPFLEX 3D Surface Metrology System

• NPFLEX-LA 3D Surface Metrology System for Lead Angle

Automotive Manufacturer Application Note

Download our free PDF application note relating to automotive component manufacturing.

• White Light Optical Profiling Problem-Solving Metrology for Automotive Component Manufacturing (5.2 MB)