Measurement Technology Application Areas
Modern measurement technology has an enormous area of possible applications, spreading across a large number of modern industries. Movie and computer game makers use modern laser scanning technology to assist in animation, and manufacturers of furniture, cars, boats and airplanes, mining companies, and even paper mills and bureaus of architecture rely on metrologic precision for exact measurement data, ongoing documentation and precision alignment of heavy machinery.
Outside the various industry sectors from road construction to pharmaceutics, the petrochemical industry and manufacturers of heavy equipment, machine tools, satellites and antennas, FARO portable measurement technology has become an important tool in forensics, where speed and precision are crucial elements. Medical technology, too, has seen entire new fields of application open up which use the reliability and astonishing precision of FARO Laser Scanners and portable measurement devices.
Even designers use FARO portable measurement technology for a variety of tasks, depending on the required level of precision and sensitivity. For further information on how exactly FARO portable measurement technology can assist your industry, please follow the links below.
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Cars:
An automobile today is a high tech vehicle, whose construction requires exact calibration of a multitude of different parts and absolute accuracy more ...
Aerospace:
Aeronautical engineering, and today, aerospace engineering, have historically placed difficult demands on precision, inspection and calibration during assembly and construction more ...
Metal Fabrication:
The steel industry depends on producing good quality, reliable steel that will perform as expected in steel building and construction work, for example more ...
Machine Tools:
Machine inspection depends on accuracy as much as familiarity with machine programming more ...
Heavy Equipment:
Heavy machinery poses its very own challenges to engineering, inspection and measurement due to sheer size and weight more ...
Boats & Yachts:
Professional ship construction work everywhere relies on modern 2D and 3D measurement and documentation to ensure continuous high quality boat building, yacht construction and sailboat construction more ...
Architecture:
Industrial applications of laser technologies, such as 3D laser scanning, has revolutionized the planning and construction of surface buildings and other structures more ...
Mining:
Security is a prime concern in any mine, whether gold mining or coal mining more ...
Satellites:
Satellite manufacturing is a matter of extreme precision and accuracy, as the function of the satellite dish depends on the strict keeping of exact measurements and the quality of the surface more ...
Furniture:
The modern furniture industry is a high tech business relying on precision more ...
Medical technology:
Modern healthcare and medicine rely more and more on technology like the CAM2 Software or the FaroArm for both diagnosis and surgery, and medical equipment today includes laser aided medical devices more ...
Pharmaceutical & Chemistry & Food:
Much of factory produced food, as well as chemicals and pharmaceuticals run through piping during the course of their manufacture more ...
Movies & Computer Games:
Modern portable 3D measurement technology by FARO has become a steady feature in making movies and games more ...
Antenna & Radio Telescopes:
For correct function, the dish, antenna and all other transmitter parts of a large telescope need to be positioned with the utmost accuracy more ...
Shipbuilding:
Whether construction, repair or inspection, modern measurement technology, like the portable FARO Laser Tracker, the portable FARO Photon Laser Scanner and other portable CMM devices have become an more ...
Forensics & Accident Research:
Gathering forensic evidence at a crime scene, or after an accident has occured, is vital for accident and crime scene investigation more ...
Petroleum & Petrochemical:
Natural gas is a valuable resource, and the demands on the petroleum industry to keep delivering quality products are continually increasing more ...
Power Plant:
A nuclear power plant or nuclear power station is a complex facility in a high security environment more ...