Control 2025 Review
True to form Making its global launch on the Bowers stand was the new Figura range of contour, form and roundness measurement machines. Expertly explained by Product Development Manager Emma Bramley, feature-rich Figura machines are fast, easy-to-use and offer single-figure micron accuracy. The Figura RD is capable of high-accuracy measurements that include roundness, cylindricity, straightness, concentricity, flatness, full run-out, parallelism and perpendicularity, while the Figura CR is for contour, surface finish and roughness. According to Bowers, market differentiation arrives courtesy of the capabilities provided by the integrated measurement analysis software. As many would expect at a metrology exhibition, there was a plethora of industry- familiar measuring instruments on display. Stand-out exhibitors here included Insize UK with its wide range of quality bore gages, hardness testers and hand tools. Catching the eye was a new vision measuring system, launched at the show, which will be available in the UK market in 2026/2027. Exhausted but enlightened with new knowledge and a vision of the future, the Measurement & Manufacturing team headed home to begin looking forward to the 38th edition of Control, set to take place on 27-30 April 2027. n
an advanced 3D stereo image on a flat screen, while another innovation highlighted the splitting of a mono image into a stereo image, providing an extra dimension without requiring the operator to perform any guesswork. The theme on the stand of Mahr was ‘discovering optical metrology’, as highlighted by the innovations on display. In particular, with the acquisition of Optosurf, Mahr has expanded its portfolio to include scattered light technology. Several such devices were presented for the first time in Stuttgart as part of the MarSurf3D family. For example, it is possible to integrate the MarSurf3D Sensor OS 500 scattered light sensor into the control systems of machines like grinders or linishers to measure roughness and waviness exactly where it matters: directly inline. Accretech used Control 2025 to highlight its Opt-Scope NEX non-contact surface roughness/ texture and contour measuring machine, which was making its debut appearance in Europe. Suitable for high-end applications, including medical parts, the Opt-Scope NEX can measure fine surface roughness and geometry at nano- and sub-nanometre-level. Key here, explained the company’s Regional Director for North Europe Tim Wood, is the use of white- light interferometry that takes advantage of Accretech’s proprietary DEAP envelope/absolute phase detection algorithm.
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