Today’s research and development laboratories, engineering facilities, and manufacturers are under increasing pressure to design and produce parts that meet ever-more stringent performance specifications and cost-efficiency standards. Having the right measuring tool can help streamline development and production, and ensure that parts meet performance requirements. There are many effective measuring tools that support research and industrial measurement applications: interferometers, profilometers, laser confocal microscopes, scanning electron microscopes, Raman spectroscopy equipment, stereomicroscopes, remote visual inspection equipment, among others.

Selecting the right instrument for a given measuring application can be a challenge. By considering the answers to six core questions, industrial research and engineering professionals can find the ideal tool to provide cost-effective, accurate measurement data to support their research, engineering, and production goals. These questions address the samples to be measured along with the goals and purpose of the measurement process.

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