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Invitados de lujo en Metromeet 2008Professor Kam Lau of the University of California, provided a presentation based on the history and the State of the technology of laser tracker
Guest at Metromeet 2008
The traditional tools of management, are not sufficient to meet the new challenges. Metromeet 2008 proposal is to provide a comprehensive overview that allows to know all the new solutions for the Metrology industry: systems of calibration for the measurement of the metal, new approach in coordination geometry, optical measurement systemsthe Robotics for metrology, micro technology,...
METROMEET 2008 has once again, with the presence of professionals in the area of metrology, as Ted Doiron (Zygo), Kostadin Doytchinov, R.Schmitt or Kam Lau, who talk about topics such as new systems of optical and digital development, among others, in the Palacio de Congresos and the music of Bilbao on 21 and 22 February 2008.
Kam Lau, Rapporteur Metromeet 2008 special
Professor Kam Lau of the University of California, is one of the speakers that the 2008 Metromeet Conference presents in its fourth edition. Professor Lau is an expert in patent signals of radio frequency and optical measurement. His presentation will be based on the history and the State of the technology of laser tracker and its applications; a measurement system that uses the technology of tracking laser to measure with high precision parts of large volume in a broad scope of industrial sectors.
Rapporteur carried out his studies of electronic engineering at Caltech California Technology Institute. He received a special mention in 1996 of the IEEE (Institute of electrical and electronic - engineers a world technical-professional association dedicated to the Standardization), and NSF (National Foundation of Sciences American). He obtained the prize to the young researcher in 1989.
He currently teaches in the Department of electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, which carries out research on the laser tracker and laser tracker.
Kam Lau will explain during Metromeet how engineers and designers use data to reverse design, develop and optimize new parts and products, or improve what they have already made. "The staff dedicated to quality control uses it to verify that the parts are mounted correctly, and if not, correct whatever is necessary".
The laser tracker dominates the global market that it has some unique features that increase the productivity of enterprises.
This computerized measuring instrument creates a "footprint" 3-D large objects and forms of up to 70 metres in size.
At the same time that the user guides the laser through the surface of the measurement platform, the laser emits a reflective beam that allows the computer's system to draw and record simultaneously all measures 3-D with great precision.
