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New! - Engineers
PMT®Arm
ALPHA ARM Series, one revolutionary measuring arms family, has
established a new standard for Portable 3D Measurement Arms. With our
decades of professional experience, we committed to tailor a new
generation of portable measurement equipment to you. The ALPHA ARM
family provides excellent and unparalleled performance, with which it
has brought the development of portable metrology solutions to a whole
new level and it will definitely become your efficient and effective
personal measurement assistant.
Charlie Ward
Q.1. Briefly explain your role at Manchester Metrology?
A. I’m going to be joining as a 3D Scanning and Reverse Engineer. I’ll be
capturing scan data using a variety of 3D laser scanners, and will be using
several different CAD software packages to create and inspect 3D
parametric models.
In accordance with ISO 10360-12 accuracy standards, PMT®Arm
provides ideal inspection solutions with fully assurance of accuracy.
Designed with consistency and reliability in mind, our arm can be used in
various environments, including extreme temperatures, workshop and
spot environments.
The arm with excellent price/performance ratio is for organizations who
are looking for a cost-effective factory inspection solution. Reliable and
robust, this portable arm enables manufacturers to have full confidence
in their quality assurance processes and ensures high quality
production.
Product Inspection
Q.2. What do you look forward to with being part of the Manchester
Metrology team?
A. I’m most looking forward to getting to use all the scanners and equipment! At
a very basic level, I love making things and solving problems. I’m excited to
produce a wide variety of 3D models, and solving the unique modeling
challenges that come with each of them.
Alpha P
Q.3. An unusual fun fact about yourself e.g. favourite food/shoe size/
unusual holiday destination etc.
1)On-line measurement: Unlike traditional methods, portable 3D
measurement arm can be used in field measurement and performs an
on-line dimensional inspection.
A. I’ve got lots of hobbies! Amongst other things, I’m a self-taught guitarist, a
hobbyist woodworker and a through-and-through motorsport enthusiast. I love
learning, and became a certified expert level Solidworks user in my free time.
2)Design improvement: With its computer-aided inspection function, it
can quickly identify deviations from the product with the original design
so as to improve the design and crafts.
3)Rapid prototyping: Based on the existing products or partly using
reverse method to achieve the design scheme.
Q.1. Briefly explain your role at Manchester Metrology?
4)Parts archiving: For those parts whose prototypes or drawings do
not exist, we can archive them for future use.
In-process Inspection On The Shop Floor
1)On-site measurement: Without any special requirements for
environments, it can be used on the shop floor to promptly detect
product quality issues such as deformation, abrasion, etc. so as to
reduce the rejection rate.
very conversant with Polyworks.
A. 1. Metrology Engineer: Multi-skilled engineer favouring Arm, Laserline and
Q.2. What do you look forward to with being part of the Manchester Metrology
team?
A. 2. Meeting colleagues, new faces for the first time, the day-to-day challenges. Being
part of a great ever-expanding knowledgeable team, that are willing to help out with
challenges.
2)Complex workpiece inspection: In-progress inspection for
different sizes of jigs and fixtures, tooling, platforms, automotive
interior parts, pipe fittings, etc.
3)Online inspection: Different from traditional methods, PMT arm
can achieve on-line or on-machine inspection with great flexibility
and high performance at a great value in the course of production.
Management Optimization & Risk Control
Ian Blackaby
Q.3. An unusual fun fact about yourself e.g. favourite food/shoe size/ unusual
holiday destination etc.
A. 3. I am left-handed. I play golf right-handed. Done a 3 year stint in the Territorial
Army. The British rifle, the SA80 you can only shoot right-handed. During my recruit
course, I failed my weapons test twice. The last chance was on recruit shoot day, I
passed then got best recruit with a score of 28 out of 30 targets hit. 5 shots of which were
at 300 metres with a respirator on and no sights. After that I joined the regimental
shooting team.
Alpha M
1)Production process optimization: Obtain data by fully inspecting products
in-process to help make management decisions scientifically.
2)Risk control: Through inspecting products directly on or at the machine
producing them which helps to detect issues like deformation, abrasion, and
mould and production crafts can be adjusted timely to reduce the risk of
defective subsequent assembly or other defects.
Steven Bradshaw
Necessity & Urgency
1)Quality inspection: With growth of output, design alterations and new
products launch, more and more measuring equipment is needed for
quality assurance.
Q.1. Briefly explain your role at Manchester Metrology?
A. I come from a background of jig and tool laser inspection in the
2)Thanks to its computer-aided inspection function, the new measuring
arm can quickly identify deviations from the product with the original
design so as to improve the design, crafts and quality.
automotive industry. My role at Manchester Metrology is Romer arm
and laser tracker metrologist.
3)Rapid inspection: Comparing to traditional manual methods or CMM, it
allows users to significantly speed up their measurement work and helps
detect problems early to reduce the rejection rate.
Q.2. What do you look forward to with being part of the Manchester
Metrology team?
A. One thing i look forward to with my future as part of the Manchester
Metrology team is scanning under water as we never say no to any job!
4)Quality control for supporting parts: Finding out errors between
suppliers or outsourcing products and the original design in time in order
to clarify the responsibilities.
5)Reverse engineering: Nowadays with customers ever-increasing
demands, traditional methods are unable to explore any new products, in
which case we should never give up the pursuit of more refined and higher
quality products. Therefore, considering a stable and long-term
development, a new measurement technology is urgently needed to
improve this situation.
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Q.3. An unusual fun fact about yourself e.g. favourite food/shoe
size/ unusual holiday destination etc.
Alpha E
manchester-metrology-limited
A. Fun Fact! I don't believe the earth is round. There are far too many hills
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