CMMs and Their Future in Manufacturing

We all know that Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) measure the geometry of physical objects by...

What to Look for When Selecting a CMM Machine?

Whether used in a lab environment or on a shop floor, coordinate measurement machines (CMMs) can...

AIMS provides a 5-axis CMM solution for a leader in the power industry

AIMS recently provided another 5-axis solution in the southeast to a global leader in power system...

Exploring the Advantages of 5-Axis CMMs over 3-Axis in Manufacturing

A 5-axis Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) is a powerful tool for measuring complex shapes and...

The Importance of CMM Interim Checks

Coordinate measuring machines, commonly referred to as CMM machines, measure the geometry of...

CMM Technology

A coordinate measuring machine (CMM) measures the geometry of certain physical objects along their...

A Christmas Message

As Christmas Day approaches, another year comes to a close. According to Forbes, it has become a...

Need Parts Inspection? Automate Your CMM

If you talk to a service center or manufacturer these days, they’ll tell you the supply chain...

Need Help? AIMS Has Your Back

Supply chain blockages have prompted major U.S. ports like Los Angeles, and companies like UPS and...

Manufacturers: Achieve Innovation & Growth by Going Digital

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Global accounting network, BDO, recently...

What’s In Your Software Package?

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For more than two decades, Capital One...

Is Your CMM Multisensory?

Do you have a favorite Marvel superhero? Maybe it’s Thor, the god of thunder, the Avengers, Captain...

Is A Direct Drive Linear Motor Powering Your CMM?

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Linearity is a term used to describe...

CMM FAQ

Although our clients recognize the need for precise metrology solutions, buyers are not always...

What is a CMM Retrofit and Why Should You Do It?

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A retrofit will extend the service life and...

Gearing Up For EVs

Electric cars with their “green” electric motors continue to grab the spotlight, having unseated...

Insights on CMMs in the Electric Vehicle And Hybrid Market Space

You'll start to see a surge in consumers purchasing electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids in the near...

I, Cobot: Collaborative Robots in Industrial Manufacturing

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In the early 1950s, George C. Devol...

A Brief Guide to CMM Software

A Brief Guide to CMM Software

Market Shape Up Or Shake Up?

Commercial air travel is expected to make a slow recovery according to a recent Deloitte Aerospace...

Navigating Market Disruptions in 2021

Like most companies, we are creating new ways of doing business this year while we continue to...

Linear Motor CMM

Linear Motor CMM

While most electric motors have round stators and rotors to produce rotational...

A Season For Optimism

Monday, December 21 marked the longest night and the shortest day of the year. Known as the winter...

Are You Automated?

Across the board more and more OEMs are recognizing the fact that medium to large-sized contract...

The Low Down On Tactile or Noncontact

It’s no secret that job shops are juggling stricter quality standards with customer demand for...

Uses of Metrology for Medicine in the Medical Industry

Uses of Metrology for Medicine in the Medical Industry

The New Summit 10.10.10 – The Nuts & Bolts Behind The Machine

In our last blog we talked to you about some of things that go into designing a new coordinate...

Applications for Metrology for Aerospace

Applications for Metrology for Aerospace

The Proof Is In The Pudding – Launching New CMM Technology

Entrepreneur and domestic lifestyle innovator Martha Stewart will be the first to tell you that...

What’s Your Silver Lining?

Poet John Milton wrote about a “cloud with a silver lining” in 1637. The phrase has since been used...

The New Normal

Transparency in business builds trust. The Business Dictionary defines transparency as a “lack of...

R&R For The Shop Floor – Retrofit and Rebuild

Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “retrofit” as installing new or modified parts or equipment...

Let’s Talk About Spring Cleaning

For most manufacturers spring cleaning means more than just manually wiping down machine surfaces...

COVID-19

Like thousands of companies across the nation, we recognize that our most valuable asset is our...

Are CMM’s Still Relevant? The Answer is Yes!

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents the billions of devices now connected to the internet...

CMM or Gauge: Is This Really The Right Question?

These days, when it comes to measuring parts, manufacturers have their choice of coordinate...

CMMs and Climate Change

In the Northern Hemisphere spring will officially begin on March 19. For 10 to 20 percent of the...

What’s In An Air Bearing?

Over the years I’ve often heard it said that it is the little things that make the big things...

Fasten Your Seat Belts – 2020 Promises To Be Exciting

Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, digitization, automation and 3D printing—the manufacturing process has...

Closing Out 2019 With a Bang!

The global coordinate measuring machine (CMM) market in the automotive industry is expected to...

All About Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs)

Automotive Manufacturers: The Future Is Closer Than You Think - Are You Ready?

Some experts believe we are years from realizing self-driving cars. But if you take a look under...

Spooky Good Savings Before the Year is Over

With October 31 right around the corner, many of us are thinking about carving pumpkins, scary...

Manufacturing Day Was a Hit

Manufacturing Day is an annual event that takes place on the first Friday in October. This year the...

Closing the Skills Gap – It’s Complicated

A recent conversation with a metalworking equipment supplier revealed an interesting perspective on...

3-Axis Contact Probes vs. 5-Axis Contact Probes

One of the major challenges of precision machining is obtaining the accurate measurements necessary...

What Do Profilers and Manfacturing Distributors Have in Common?

Profilers analyze a person's psychological and behavioral characteristics to predict their most...

Mutualism in Industrial Applications: The Manufacturer-Distributor Relationship

We’ve all heard the phrase, “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine.” Or maybe you are more...

What Is a Distributor Network and Why Do We Need Them?

"Will Amazon’s one-day shipping kill the distribution industry?” It’s a question that was posed...

Aerospace Parts Production and CMMs

In its’ 2019 Global Aerospace and Defense Industry Outlook Deloitte reported that the aircraft...

Can You Measure a Holiday?

On July 8, 1776, Philadelphians heard the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence...

Keeping it Clean: Calibrating and Certifying a CMM

Have You Done Your Coordinate Measuring Machine Spring Cleaning Yet?

If you look at the typical...

Flying the Friendly Skies: Can CMMs Help the Aerospace Market?

In spite of supply chain challenges, Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer closed out 2018 with confirmed...

CMM 101: The What and Why for 5-Axis CMMs

Events like the Vietnam War, Civil Rights protests, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy...

3 Axis vs 5 Axis CMM - A Problem Solved 

“Avengers: Endgame” is predicted to pass $937 million shortly. When that happens, media experts...

Probes 101: Essential CMM Hardware

We talk a lot about CMM software - but the hardware merits a mention or two now and then,...

Software Gets a Facelift

Baby boomers are retiring at the rate of approximately 10,000 a day. In their wake, Millennials are...

Tips on How to Make Your ERP Investment Count

Get The Most Bang For Your Buck

In the metal fabrication business, most companies are small to...

George Washington and Manufacturing: How Are They Connected?

This week we celebrated Presidents’ Day. If you are a history buff you know that the holiday was...

All About Throughput

Trends are interesting, especially at the beginning of a new year. If you Google health you’ll see...

Looking Forward from a Different Angle

In the 1989 film “Dead Poets Society,” an English teacher played by actor Robin Williams, inspires...

A Look in the Crystal Ball for 2019

It’s hard to believe that we’ve closed the books on yet another year. In 2018 customers talked to...

A Perfect Partnership: 5-axis CMMs + 5-axis Machining Tools

Five-axis machine tools are becoming more cost efficient as the technology evolves. The capability...

New E-Book Targets Medical Device Market

The med tech industry in the U.S. is experiencing an upswing in revenue according to a recent study...

Co-Bots, Millennials and Gen X in Manufacturing

Since the Fourth Industrial Revolution (the Internet of Things) swept the manufacturing scene, the...

A is for Automation

A strong economy is providing a much needed boost to the manufacturing industry but many companies...

Measurement Isn't Just About Math

As a kid I was fascinated with all things Egyptian so it’s not surprising to me that the Egyptian...

A Bumper Year - IMTS 2018 in Review

The International Manufacturing Technology Show held in Chicago, Illinois in September set new...

The Big Three for Industry 4.0 in CMMs - Machine, Software and Data Collection

These days autonomy surrounds us, from intelligent cars and smart appliances to virtual assistants....

Give an Inch, Take a Mile

If you look up the definition of measurement, it is described as the act of determining an object’s...

The Rule of 3 as It Applies to CMMs

We’ve all heard it at one time or another; the phrase ‘…everything comes in threes.’ Some people...

IMTS 2018 QUESTION & ANSWER

With the International Manufacturing Technology Show ─ IMTS ─less than five weeks away, Mark...

Too Much Information - Breaking down the Top 10 CMM Benefits

We’re all aware on some level that the amount of information is growing exponentially while the...

The Skinny on CMM Software

When it comes to coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) most of us focus on what’s right in front of...

Linear Motors - What's in Your Motor?

No one wants to get the call that a bad part found its way to a customer. Founding father Benjamin...

Can I Talk to The Manager, Please? The Value of Service

If you look at customer service trends for 2018 you are likely to read about things like chat...

HB Shines at EXPOMAQ

In April I attended EXPOMAQ at the Poliforum Exhibition Center in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. The...

Look Back If You Want to Move Forward

The ability to look back gives us the gift of hindsight especially where technology is concerned....

Need Accuracy? Make Sure You've Got What It Takes

We talk a lot about how important accuracy is when it comes to measuring parts. The aerospace,...

The 5-Axis Probe Knows

American singer, actor, pianist and comedian Jimmy Durante was known for two things: his...

Mobile Inspection Comes To Mexico

Expo Manufactura 2018 was held in February and drew more than 12,500 visitors to Monterrey, Nuevo...

Quick Tips For Keeping It Clean on the Shop Floor

A new year has most people thinking about resolutions, fresh starts and the need to purge closets,...

CMMs Take Starring Role in Industry 4.0 Production

A lot of manufacturers are asking: Is Industry 4.0 actually here? Reports acknowledge that 2017...

Some Like it Hot (But Not on the Shop Floor)

In the 1959 film Some Like It Hot, two male musicians witness a mob hit and flee the state...

The Big Three – Planes, Medical Devices and Automobiles

If you're a regular reader, you know we've recently explored the automobile, airplane and medical...

Reshoring, Its Ripple Effect and How 5-Axis CMMs Can Help Support The Initiative

The Reshoring Initiative was founded by Harry Moser in 2010 to bring manufacturing jobs back to the...

Smart Quality Management

During the last few years Industry 4.0 has ushered the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial...

Thoughts on FABTECH 2017

FABTECH is North America's largest metalforming, fabricating, welding and finishing event, held...

Measuring Medical Device Surfaces: A Tricky Business

Medical device makers have a lot to keep up with these days when it comes to measuring parts....

Medical Parts: Peeling Back the Layers of Quality Inspection

These days baby boomers are more active than ever. As 70 becomes the new 50, the demand for...

Medical Device Industry Changes: Insuring Quality

The medical device market is moving at the speed of sound. Could quality get left behind?

These...

A Smart Approach To Smart Production Environments

Since AIMS ranks customer service right next to superior product quality, I was interested to come...

A Piece of the Action: Coordinate Measuring

I'd just graduated from high school when I saw Star Wars in 1977. I basically witnessed the moment...

Reshoring Means Parts in the Pipeline for U.S. Manufacturers

The Reshoring Initiative is an organization dedicated to showing manufacturers that local...

Suppliers Want "Absolute Power" Over Body in White Quality Inspections

Photo courtesy of OSX, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12890947

In the 1982...

The Case For 5-Axis Measurement Technology

The U.S. Army Drill Team uses bayonet-tipped 1903 Springfield rifles to perform intricate,...

A Day In The Life: The Auto Parts Maker

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Americans spent 39,243,750 hours in 2014 on...

Quality Control in the Automotive Industry: A Snapshot

We’ve all seen the commercials. You know. A driver enters a packed shopping space, sees a lone...

Bearing The Mark of Quality: CE Marking

Last minute gate changes, canceled flights and long lines at security can make air travel...

Know Your Markets: CMMs and Aerospace

In the market for capital equipment? You’ll want to look at three things before taking the plunge:...

At Arm’s Length: Bridge the Gap with Equator

We’ve all said it: An extra pair of hands makes the job that much easier. Whether it’s yard work,...

The Dawn of Industry 4.0: CMMs a Critical Component

Management guru Peter Drucker famously said, "what gets measured gets managed." As manufacturers...

Where Have All The Programmers Gone?

Global Industry Analysts reports that by 2020, an increasing focus on quality is expected to push...

Weighing In On Offline Programming

Philippe Cochet, GE’s chief productivity officer, wrote in a recent GE Report that “advanced...

A Solid Foundation for 2017

Whether you're manufacturing jet engines or medical equipment, growth starts with the right people...

Is Your Parts Revenue Hanging In The Balance?

Manufacturers’ Monthly recently reported on disruptive technology trends poised to emerge in 2017,...

A Look Ahead: The Future of CMMs

The global market for CMMs is expected to reach U.S. $2.9 billion by 2020, according to Coordinate...

Manufacturing Day 2016 In Review

On October 7, AIMS Metrology joined more than 1600 organizations to participate in Manufacturing...

Is Your CMM Package "Turnkey?"

Etymology traces the word “turnkey” all the way back to the 1650s, where “jailer” was derived from...

IMTS Wrap-up

The biennial International Manufacturing Technology Show, also known as IMTS, concluded September...

The Power of Choice: New, Retrofit or Upgrade

Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a...

An Open Door Policy: CMM Hardware and Software

Benjamin Franklin said, “The doors of wisdom are never closed.” Depending on your perspective, his...

Navigating The Perils of Choosing CMM Software And Hardware

"It's a jungle out there." The idiom was coined to describe situations considered dangerous or...

Counting the Costs of Your CMM

"Count the cost" is a phrase that's hung over most of us at one time or another like an ominous...

Your CMM: The Value of Retrofit

Remember the Maytag Repairman? He emerged in television commercials during the 1960s as the...

What Manufacturers Need Most: IMTS Q & A

With the International Manufacturing Technology Show, aka IMTS, less than three months away, I...

Finding The Right CMM OEM…It’s Easy Right?

When it comes to OEM service and support for coordinate measuring machines, it should be a no...

A Rare Breed: Companies On The Hunt For The Elusive CMM Programmer

Finding Forrester, Finding Nemo, Finding Neverland – Aside from sharing similar titles, each of...

Got Big Data? Finding the Gold Can Be Easy

“It's always best to start at the beginning--and all you do is follow the Yellow Brick Road.”

This...

Mobile Measuring

Tracking the world economic forum? Monitoring manufacturing trends here in the U.S.? If you produce...