VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator / Profile Projector Applications

VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators are being used by many different companies across a very wide range of industries. Here are some examples of applications we have solved within various industries:

Aerospace and Aeronautics

Turbine Disk Inspection
Auto Pass/Fail inspection of a turbine disk fir tree with CAD Auto-Pass/Fail™
Automatically compare turbine disk fir trees against their CAD data with variable and uniform tolerances...
Hole Inspection and Measurement
measurement and inspection of EDM- and LASER-drilled drilled holes and slots
Automatically verify hole presence and accurately measure EDM- and Laser-drilled hole locations on aircraft engines and IGT components...
Turbine Blade Fir Tree Root Forms
Apply tighter tolerances on pressure faces and looser tolerances elsewhere for turbine blade fir tree inspection and measurement
Automatic inspection and measurement of turbine fir tree root forms...

Broached slot inspection

Aircraft and aerospace component inspection and measurement

Medical Device and Orthopedic Implant Manufacturing

Bone Screw Inspection
Automatic inspection and measurement of threads and other dimensions of a bone screw
The VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator is widely used by medical device manufacturers for bone screw inspection and measurement...
Stent Inspection and Measurement
Verify Stent Integrity
Achieve accurate and reliable stent inspection and measurement directly on the production floor with the VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator.
Orthopedic Implant Inspection
Knee implant inspected with auto pass/fail on a VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator
Automatic inspection and measurement of orthopedic implants and devices (hip stems, knees, plates, and more...)
VisionGauge Tooth Checker
Bone screw teeth verification with the VisionGauge® “Tooth Checker™” tool
VisionGauge®’s Patent Pending “Tooth Checker™” tool is specially adapted to check parts with teeth.
Medical Rasps Inspection and Measurement
Examples of measurements performed on medical rasps
Orthopedic implant manufacturers use the VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator to automate the inspection and measurement of medical rasps.

Medical implant inspection and measurement

Medical device and component inspection

Medical instrument inspection and meausrement

Extrusions

Extrusions Inspection and Measurement
Comparing an extrusion cross-section to its CAD data to obtain a Pass/Fail result on a VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator.
VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators have a high-accuracy toolset for the inspection and measurement of extrusions...

Extrusion inspection and measurement

Cutting Tool Manufacturing

VisionGauge Tooth Checker
Bone screw teeth verification with the VisionGauge® “Tooth Checker™” tool
VisionGauge®’s Patent Pending “Tooth Checker™” tool is specially adapted to check parts with teeth.

Cutting tool inspection and measurement

Automotive

Inspection of Flexible Automotive Seals and Trim
Comparing a flexible automotive seal against its CAD data
Automatically compare difficult-to-inspect flexible automotive seals against their CAD data

Automotive components and parts inspection and measurement

Power and Energy / Industrial Gas Turbines (IGT)

Hole Inspection and Measurement
measurement and inspection of EDM- and LASER-drilled drilled holes and slots
Automatically verify hole presence and accurately measure EDM- and Laser-drilled hole locations on aircraft engines and IGT components...

Industrial gas turbine part inspection (IGT)

Ultrasonic and General Machining

VisionGauge Tooth Checker
Bone screw teeth verification with the VisionGauge® “Tooth Checker™” tool
VisionGauge®’s Patent Pending “Tooth Checker™” tool is specially adapted to check parts with teeth.

Tool and Die

Thread Rolling Dies Inspection and Measurement
No fixturing is required. The system can correct for part-to-part placement variation.
VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators are the perfect system for comparing difficult-to-inspect thread rolling dies to their CAD overlays...

Precision Mechanical Components and Assemblies

Inspection of Precision Bearings
Bearing gap measurements
The VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator is used by manufacturers to check all types of precision bearings...

VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators / Profile Projectors are perfect for both the shop floor and the Quality Control lab.

VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator inspecting a turned part
turned part
VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator inspecting a nozzle
VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator inspecting a nozzle

Inspection of mechanical parts

VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator inspecting Forging in the Orthopaedics Industry
Forging in the Orthopaedics Industry
Automated Aircraft Engine Impeller Inspection on VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator
Automated Aircraft Engine Impeller Inspection
Fir Tree and CAD Overlay in the Aerospace Industry on VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator
Fir Tree and CAD Overlay in the Aerospace Industry
Knee Implant and CAD Overlay in the Orthopaedics Industry on VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator
Knee Implant and CAD Overlay in the Orthopaedics Industry

VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators are also appropriate for color applications.

VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators are also appropriate for color applications
VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators are also appropriate for color applications
VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator inspecting an Extrusion
Extrusion
VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator inspecting a bonescrew
VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator inspecting a bonescrew on VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator
Bonescrews
Inspections of Spring and other Various Mechanical Parts on VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator
Inspections of Spring and other Various Mechanical Parts
Inspection of an Automotive Part (transmitted illumination) on VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator
Automotive Part (transmitted illumination)
Inspection of an Automotive Part (reflected illumination) on VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator
Automotive Part (reflected illumination)
Inspection of Electronic Assembly / Populated Printed Circuit Board on VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator
Electronic Assembly / Populated Printed Circuit Board
VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator / Profile Projector Applications

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