API Metrology

09/10/2026

Large-volume inspection can be scalable and automation-ready. Explore API’s Laser Guided Inspection Solution at IMTS 2026, East Building, Level 3, Booth 134740.

09/09/2026

Portable tracking meets automation-ready measurement. Explore API’s Integrated Laser Tracker at IMTS 2026 in Chicago, East Building, Level 3, Booth 134740.

09/08/2026

IMTS 2026 is six days away. Bring API your hardest measurement problem—inspection, calibration, automation, or large-volume measurement. Visit East Building, Level 3, Booth 134740.

09/06/2026

How do you verify flatness and roller parallelism across a long battery-production line? See the laser-tracker workflow: https://apimetrology.com/radian-plus-verifies-lithium-battery-manufacturing-process-maximizes-efficiency/

Radian Plus Verifies Lithium Battery Manufacturing Process, Maximizes Efficiency API’s 6DoF Laser Tracker Captures All Errors in Simple Measurement Setups Since the invention commercial lithium batteries, the technology has been applied to many fields of manufacturing, and they have rapidly develo...

09/05/2026

What is metrology? It’s the science that makes measurements consistent—from everyday units to micron-level manufacturing inspection. Watch the short explainer: https://apimetrology.com/new-video-what-is-metrology/

What do you think of when you hear the word Metrology? If you pictured industrial environments with lasers being used to measure precise dimensions, you wouldn’t be wrong. But the scope of Metrology is actually much wider than the narrow, manufacturing-based definition we tend to apply to it. Metr...

09/04/2026

Port machinery brings scale, access, and alignment challenges. See how Radian Laser Trackers supported dimensional checks, coaxiality, and flatness: https://apimetrology.com/radian-laser-trackers-in-port-machinery-manufacturing/

Discover the importance of API's Radian Laser Tracker in the design and manufacturing of large-scale port machinery.

09/03/2026

X, Y, Z plus roll, pitch, and yaw: those are the six degrees of freedom. Watch the explainer and see why capturing all 6DoF matters in automated manufacturing: https://apimetrology.com/what-is-6-degrees-of-freedom/

Learn about 6 Degrees of Freedom (6 DoF) and how it applies to the movement of objects in three-dimensional space.

09/02/2026

Can you test wing-to-fuselage fit before the parts meet? See how measured surface data supported virtual assembly and fit analysis: https://apimetrology.com/virtual-assembly-using-measured-data-aids-aircraft-wing-assembly/

Virtual Assembly Using Measured Data Aids Aircraft Wing Assembly API Radian 6 Degrees of Freedom Laser Tracker, combined with laser scanning, provides critical fitting data in advance of physical wing assembly at aircraft manufacturer. Aircraft wings are one of the most important components of an ai...

09/01/2026

A micron is one millionth of a meter—but what does that look like in manufacturing? Watch the explainer and see why micron-level tolerances matter: https://apimetrology.com/micron-explained/

What is a Micron? Learn about the history and significance of microns in manufacturing and metrology. Discover how small they really are.

08/31/2026

A shifted mold doesn’t always mean scrapping the full run. See how API Services used inspection data to evaluate engine castings: https://apimetrology.com/api-services-verifies-engine-castings-saving-tupy-cummins-rework/

API Services Verifies Engine Castings, Saving Tupy, Cummins Rework MSP Uses Expertise, Scanning Arm to Automate Validation of Raw Castings After Mold Shift Errors in the machining process are less a question of if, than when. Metrology equipment, Quality Control processes and teams, and best practic...