Herman Miller chooses a Kreon measuring arm to check and correct machine settings prior to production

The metal parts produced are various and, as a whole, require 3D inspection. Traditionally this was done with a CMM in a metrology room, but for 3D inspections of bent tubes, a new measuring solution was needed to handle the complexity of the shapes involved.

The Skyline Wide scanner quickly provides a dense point cloud that can be compared with the CAD file. Several checks, with tolerances between 0.1 and 1 mm, can be made: bore diameters and positions, bend angles and more. It is easier to fine tune the tube manufacturing process because any deviations discovered during inspection are interpreted immediately, allowing the production machine settings to be corrected.

Beyond the metrology room, the Ace Skyline arm is used in the company’s welding workshops for quickly checking joining accuracy. It is also proving a valuable asset for reverse engineering deep-drawing die parts with complex shapes that have been tweaked manually.