Additive Manufacturing

Applications & User Cases

Alicona measurement solutions enable the optimization of 3D printing process, quality assurance of additive manufactured parts, surface texture measurement for quality evaluation of entire surface, analysis of porosity throughout volume measurement (Vvc, Vmc), automatic measurements to identify form deviations to CAD dataset or reference geometry, 3D measurements to achieve optimum finishing process, e.g. polishing and much more.

“Our Alicona system has proved invaluable for analysis of the complex surfaces generated by laser processes such as additive manufacturing and high precision manufacturing, providing reliable measurements when other instruments struggle.“

Duncan Hand, Director, EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes (CIM-Laser), School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

User Cases

Find here the latest Case Studies and learn more about Bruker Alicona‘s measurement solutions. Our customers describe the way they use Alicona for quality assurance purposes. The applications found daily in various fields create additional benefits that you too can experience from using Focus-Variation.

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User CaseRoush Yates: Failure analysis and in-depth surface finish inspectionWith NASCAR Sprint Cup, Roush Yates is well known for its powerful and reliable racing engines. Here, failure analysis is the key to understanding the durability of engine components.

User CaseElement Six: 3D measurement of tool wear and workpiece roughnessBy using optical Alicona 3D measurement to test new material and processes, Element Six has achieved a speed up in quality control.

User CaseKleiner: Automated production cell with optical metrologyAlicona 3D measurement is part of an automated production cell by stamping expert KLEINER. The job is the optical, dimensional measurement of molds.