Quality and inspection specialists on the production floor apply Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) for new parts, which includes evaluating manufacturing capabilities, identifying and managing potential risks, and ensuring control over critical product features.

The company invested in a bridge-type Altera C 15.9.7 CMM from LK Metrology, together with the supplier’s CAMIO 2026 software. The quality department at DWS uses the CMM to verify dimensional accuracy before components proceed to production or spares are dispatched to customers, providing confidence that every component conforms to specification.

Highly dynamic X-ray technology reveals what happens inside large battery cells in fractions of a second under load – accelerating the development of safer next-generation cells for the European automotive industry.

Conmed Labmet, based in Mexico, is developing a new generation of automated dimensional inspection systems designed to address one of the most persistent challenges facing automotive and other high-volume manufacturers: the rapid measurement of large components.

Siemens Energy is advancing its digital transformation in quality assurance by integrating SuPAR, an Augmented Reality (AR)-based inspection solution, into selected visual inspection and quality control processes.

For over 25 years, Primary Designs has been at the forefront of high-performance exhaust design and manufacture, supplying precision-engineered systems to Formula One teams, hypercar manufacturers and specialist automotive customers. The company has built its reputation on delivering lightweight, high-quality exhaust solutions where precision, craftsmanship and repeatability are essential. 

In the OCTInline project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS have developed an innovative testing system. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used to non-destructively detect defects in seals in real time during the packaging process, with a resolution in the micrometer range.

UK based FeTu Limited is the company behind a novel positive displacement low-velocity turbine that combines the characteristics of radial, axial and reciprocal designs into a single unit built with just two moving parts.

The production of carrier films for battery components in electromobility places high demands on the surface quality of the rollers. Stray light sensors from OptoSurf make it possible to characterize roughness, roundness and waviness directly on the roller surface over the entire surface.

Hyundai Motor and Kia’s award-winning vehicle lineups are built on a foundation of rigorous testing and engineering, driven by the innovative minds at the Namyang R&D Center in South Korea. This article goes behind the scenes to see how engineers are using a state-of-the-art Digital Measuring Center (DMC) where Hyundai Motor and Kia validate 1,000 measurement points on every vehicle.

With AI-supported production processes, digital twins and virtual reality applications, the new BMW plant is setting industry standards for the assembly of high-voltage batteries.

As subcontract manufacturers take on increasingly complex, high-precision work, traditional inspection methods are giving way to digital metrology solutions capable of delivering faster, more repeatable quality data.

Hexagon’s Portable Metrology Division has brought a rapid-delivery reverse engineering workflow to maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) teams, pairing its handheld 3D scanners with Geomagic Design X software to remove the fit-and-rework risk that comes with replacing a part that has no available CAD data.

A leading electronics manufacturer was facing a significant quality control bottleneck in their Integrated Circuit (IC) packaging line. The client relies on ultrasonic equipment to inspect ICs for internal defects.

Plasma jets, in which ionised gas is emitted from a source in the form of a focused, highly dynamic, light emitting structure, play a central role in numerous technological and medical applications, ranging from materials processing to plasma medicine.