When the CMM Can’t Keep Pace: Why Shops Are Adding 3D Scanning Tools to Their Quality Arsenal
The Fixturing Bottleneck That Broke the Schedule Automotive OEMs now expect iteration cycles measured in weeks, not quarters—and the QC lab bears the brunt. A recent turbine blade inspection made this painfully clear: securing the part for CMM measurement consumed nearly an hour of fixturing time just to access internal GD&T callouts. Sequential point probing … Read more