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xpensive, highly technical metrology equipment, which is used worldwide to measure critical parts in aerospace, automotive, nuclear, and communications industries (to name a few), has increased productivity and quality of virtually every product manufactured today. There’s an accompanying assumption that users of portable dimensional metrology equipment are highly trained in the field of dimensional metrology. To validate this assumption, I developed a survey using Surveymonkey.com and distributed the link though my network of metrology professionals. I also asked those individuals to pass the survey on to their constituents.

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