There are very few companies in which the same parts roll off the production line year after year. This has consequences, for the measurement engineers as well, who, in the meantime, are confronted with new measurement tasks on a permanent basis. Aline Baumeister, product manager of ZEISS 3D Automation, names five levers which metrology professionals can use to make the measurement process even more reliable and efficient in spite of ever smaller batch sizes. Stay tuned for the next tips.<\/strong><\/p>\n In order to guarantee the precision of their measuring machines, manufacturers specify precisely how much the ambient temperature is allowed to deviate from the ideal value. The limits are tight as a rule, which forces companies to monitor the temperature closely. Temperature loggers do not measure so precisely, and nor do they automatically record the room temperature gradients relevant for interpretation of the measuring results. As a result, the measurement engineer does not detect that the limits have been exceeded until after the measurement \u2013 if at all. On the other hand, the ZEISS TEMPAR temperature monitoring system records the temperature in real time with several sensors. Furthermore, a room temperature profile is created automatically. So, if impermissible variations occur spatially or over a given period, TEMPAR warns the operator. Temperature-induced spurious measurements are thereby excluded. In addition to this, the causes of a breach of the limit values can also be detected more easily and, at a glance, thanks to the TEMPAR Cockpit. This also enables easy monitoring of several measuring rooms at various locations at the same time. And this is not all. The analysis and comparison of all data are also child's play with TEMPAR Cockpit.<\/p>\n1. Temperature monitoring in real time<\/h5>\n