Metrology

Metrology from SGS – precision industrial measurements using mobile systems, such as a laser tracker, to determine the geometry of your industrial products, anywhere in the world.

You require high-precision geometrical evaluations to measure your industrial products. Yet, as metrology is not part of your core business, you do not want to invest in expensive equipment and training that you will only use occasionally.

Our metrology service offers you the skills and equipment to measure the geometry of your products, whenever and wherever you need it. As a result, we can help you to exclude sources of error and deficiency, and their subsequent costs. Plus, we offer effective in-house training for mobile 3D measurement technology to save you time and money.

Why choose metrology from SGS?

Our metrology service can help you:

• Measure the geometry of your industrial products, whatever the size – from 160 millimeters to 160 meters
• Achieve precise industrial measurements of up to a few 1/100 mm depending on the size and environmental conditions of your device
• Benefit from our state-of-the-art metrology skills, anywhere in the world. Our equipment is mobile, including laser trackers, so the measurement can be taken wherever and whenever it is needed
• Ensure quality control at the source to reduce time and cost
• Realize new projects
• Optimize product geometries to increase productivity
• Enhance your production processes, and aid modernization and maintenance
• Supervise your suppliers
• Avoid errors and defects, and their resulting costs
• Ensure the safety and reliability of your business operations – and those of your customers
• Gain the support you need to bridge staff shortages
• Acquire or develop mobile 3D measurement technology skills with in-house training by experienced technicians

Precise industrial measurements from the leading provider of metrology

As one of the world’s leading metrology specialists, we offer you experience and expertise, helping clients in a wide range of areas, including aerospace, wind energy, automotive, mechanical and plant engineering, and research and development.

We provide you with highly precise and mobile 3D-coordinate measuring technology, such as a laser tracker, available to you whenever you need it, anywhere in the world.

Our metrology service includes:

• Neutral quality control under production conditions on and/or outside the production
• Graphical and/or numerical analysis of your test object, with real-time comparisons of target-versus-nominal values
• Measurement of three-dimensional freeform surfaces, in-line with CAD models
• Digitization of your product
• Positioning of your production facilities within industrial premises
• Installation and adjustment of individual production components
• Determination of compensation parameters to optimize the positioning of robots and facilities
• Advice on all aspects of industrial measurement, including the creation of complete measuring concepts

To find out more about our metrology service, contact us today.