Portable CMM moves into production, inspection roles: portable coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are changing the complex web of relationships in manufacturing between production and inspection. Once limited to the end of the production line, augmented with occasional in-process checks, dimensional measurement is now being woven into manufacturing at nearly every step.

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Portable CMM moves into production, inspection roles: portable coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are changing the complex web of relationships in manufacturing between production and inspection. Once limited to the end of the production line, augmented with occasional in-process checks, dimensional measurement is now being woven into manufacturing at nearly every step.

A dramatic example is the use of a portable CMM at Gold Shield of Indiana Inc. (Decatur), a molder of large fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) exterior components for trucks, buses, personal watercraft and recreational vehicles. From this base of business, the molder has steadily expanded.

At Gold Shield, a wholly owned subsidiary of Recreational Vehicle and Manufactured Housing market leader Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: ...

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