MANUFACTURING METROLOGY - STATE OF THE ART AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

Manufacturing metrology is the prerequisite of quality management and process control and hence of enormous importance for economic manufacture of high-quality products. In order to support quality management and process control appropriately it has to keep pace with the developments in production (e.g. automation) and also modern products as well as their technology, e.g. nanotechnology. Additionally rising economic demands due to the global market push the development of manufacturing metrology. The most important future trends for manufacturing metrology are holistic measurement, ease of use, miniaturization and economic benefits by improved speed, robustness and costs of measurement. The article will show today's manufacturing metrology and the most promising developments for addressing the mentioned trends and demands.