PRIOR to the outbreak of the war there were still a large number of engineering firms in this country which had not adopted systems of precision in the manufacture of component parts. War conditions ...

University of Illinois Physics Professor Paul Kwiat and members of his research group have developed a new tool for precision measurement at the nanometer scale in scenarios where background noise and ...

A new report launched today by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) emphasizes the critical role of measurement in engineering. As engineers ...

ZOLLER introduced significant improvements to its “genius” universal tool measuring machine for cutting-tool manufacturers and end users. Applications range from incoming inspection, in-house ...

How innovations in visibility, usability, and smart sensing are changing who uses tools—and how. For centuries, measurement tools have been essential to architecture, engineering, construction, real ...

An air gap is the distance between the rotor and stator of a large-scale hydroelectric generator. This gap is a very small distance in relation to the size of the rotor. Its measurement to tight ...