Optical metrology company Zygo Corporation (a business unit of Ametek, Inc.) has announces the release of a video to commemorate World Metrology Day 2021. The video analyses the theme of this year’s event, namely metrology and health. You can see the video HERE.
ZYGO has a 50-year heritage in the precision metrology sector. From its inception, the company has sought to address challenging problems faced by industry, led by motivated employees driving new innovative solutions from concept to product introduction. Over 750 issued patents have been issued to ZYGO scientists and engineers who are actively engaged in professional societies, standards committees, university collaborations, and professional publication activities.
Having served the demand for precise metrology solutions across the industry with quality, market-leading optical metrology tools since the 1970s, ZYGO is delighted to contribute the World Metrology Day celebration, drawing upon the experience and knowledge of a team of highly respected metrology and engineering experts.
World Metrology Day commemorates the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations. This convention provided the basis for an understandable measurement system worldwide, marking the beginning of formal international collaboration in metrology. Metrology continues to impact our everyday lives: some are subtle, and others are quite significant. For example, metrology plays a key role in scientific discovery, as well as throughout manufacturing in all key sectors of industry.
It’s also critical in improving our quality of life and protecting our planet, which dovetails with the theme of this year’s World Metrology Day “Measurement of Health”. As the theme suggests, this theme highlights the importance of measurements and their impact on healthcare, as well as the necessity of calibration of medical instruments and other instruments used in measurement to ensure continuous accuracy.
Metrology is a part of everything from the medical device manufacturing process employed by leading medical OEMs, to quality measurements in healthcare settings.
In ZYGO’s World Metrology Day video, Eric Felkel, Product Manager, discusses how metrology is critical for health-related applications and the importance of ensuring that metrology underpins all aspects of the manufacturing process in healthcare to ensure quality and lower costs.