Hexagon Metrology Robotics & Automation
Delivering Actionable Information
David Brown – Director General Manager
Actionable information 2050
• The demands on the Measurement World
• An example of Measurement Automation
“We are living in Exponential Times”
Exponential growth occurs when the growth rate of the
value of a mathematical function is proportional to the
function's current value. Exponential decay occurs in the
same way when the growth rate is negative. In the case
of a discrete domain of definition with equal intervals, it
is also called geometric growth or geometric decay (the
function values form a geometric progression).
The formula for exponential growth of a variable x at
the (positive or negative) growth rate r, as time t goes on
in discrete intervals (that is, at integer times 0, 1, 2, 3,
...), is
x_t = x_0(1+r)^t
where x0 is the value of x at time 0. For example, with a
growth rate of r = 5% = 0.05, going from any integer
value of time to the next integer causes x at the second
time to be 1.05 times (i.e., 5% larger) than what it was at
the previous time.
The graph illustrates how exponential growth (green) surpasses both linear (red) and cubic (blue) growth.
Exponential Growth Linear Growth Cubic Growth
Exponential growth
This exponential improvement has dramatically enhanced the effect of digital electronics in
nearly every segment of the World economy
Actionable information 2050
Actionable information 2050
Actionable information 2050
• Metrology is evolving into an IT world
• Capturing data
• Analysing and presenting data
• Providing information the World can react to
• Provide Technology that makes this happen quicker
SIMS 360 Automation
360° SIMS Software Suite for Entire Measurement Lifecycle
Program Planning
Off-Line Programming
Automated Measurement
Rules / Alerting / Notification
Automation integration
Data Server & Reporting
Results Monitor
Cell Supervision
Cycle Management
Off-line Analysis tools
Visual SPC Master Part
Metrology
Database
Application
Server
3D Simulation & Optimization for Virtual Programming
• Multiple robots
• Automation
devices
• Collision free
optimized path
• Load balanced
coordinated
• Cycle splitting
• Time estimated
and optimized
• Safety signals
• Multi-model
360º SIMS Software for Cell Operators
Provides
• Cell status
• Critical feature results
• Measurement status
• Quick Trend Charts
• Link to large data set
• Color map analysis
• Quick statistics
• Alerts
• Comments
• Historical View
Automotive OEM rule based qualification (Go/No-go)
3D Results Viewer / Reports
VOD – New way to visualize dimensional quality in production
• Patent
Pending
• Full shift in
60 sec clip
• Part, Trend,
+summary
statistics
visualization
Growing Automation Centers Across our Global Network
70 precision centers for
service and
demonstrations
100 distribution partners
20 production facilities
Lake Forest, CA
Kent, WA
Elgin, IL Wixom, MI
North Kingstown, RI
Miamisburg, OH
Huntersville, NC Nashville, TN
Irving, TX
Oceanside, CA
Monterey
Queretaro
Leça da
Palmeira
Vitoria-Gasteiz Colomiers
Madrid
Barcelona
Montoire Heerbrugg
Wetzlar
Ramat Hasharon
Torino
Crissier
Renens
Cormano Frosinone
Bursa Ankara
Calderara di Reno
Unterentfelden Verona
Bron
Paris Munich
Telford
Milton Keynes Waalre
Vantaa
Eskilstuna
Trollhättan Gothenburg
Waldburg
Wiener Neudorf
Praha
Warsaw
Krakow
Belo Horizonte, Santo Agostinho São Paulo
Curitiba
Santa Barbara D’Oeste
Pilar – Buenos Aires
Haryana Dehra Dun
Noida
Gujarat Ahmadabad Bilaspur
Mumbai Pune Secunderabad
Bangalore
Trikkandiyur
Chennai Port Blair
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur Singapore
Hanoï Shenyang Shenzen Guangzhou Taipei
Ningbo Nanjing
Suzhou Shanghai
Hamamatsu Sagamihara Seoul
Beijing
Wuhan Chengdu
Xi’An Zhenjiang
Qingdao
Saarwellingen
Belgrade
Italy, Spain, Germany, China, Japan, USA, Brazil …
SIMS 360 Automation
Thank you for your attention
Hexagon Metrology Robotics & Automation
Delivering Actionable Information