Ready for automation - Optical 3D robotic mertology

Users about Alicona's technology

Increasing quality standards in manufacturing require automated and integrated measurement solutions. Buffalo Manufacturing Works, operated by EWI helps innovation- driven organizations across North America excel by partnering with their internal manufacturing, engineering and R&D teams to deliver better products, grow, and compete. Buffalo Manufacturing Works found Alicona Manufacturing during its search for a technology to ensure consistently high areal surface roughness quality. “We liked the Robot from Alicona Manufacturing because it was ready to be implemented for potential automation applications,” reported Alex Kitt, an applications engineer at Buffalo Manufacturing Works.

Buffalo Manufacturing Works houses state-of-theart equipment to facilitate applied R&D projects with manufacturers as well as a team specializing in four primary technology focus areas: flexible manufacturing, additive manufacturing, materials & testing and machining & finishing. To support their client-driven projects, Buffalo Manufacturing Works was looking for an in-line measuring system to verify form and area surface roughness. “We were looking for a system that could be used to measure surface roughness and form of 3D printed parts as well as machined and finished parts,” Alex Kitt said.

In Alicona Manufacturing, the engineering Team at Buffalo Manufacturing Works found an ideal partner to complement existing solutions for quality assurance. The robot is particularly applied for in-line quality testing processes.

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"With the robot measurement solution by Alicona Manufacturing, we have found a solution that is applicable across all our technology focus areas. Particularly in terms of automated quality assurance we believe that we can do a number of measurements that are not achieveable with other systems. This is due to the fast measurement speed that is well suited for in-process measurement!."

Dr. Alex Kitt, application engineer at Buffalo Manufacturing Works