VR Series: Wide-Area 3D Measurement System

Electrical and
Electronic Parts Metal Processed Parts

Automotive Parts

Pressed Parts
Resin Moulded Products

Industry Specific
Application Examples
 Three Major Advantages
The VR-5000 Series Wide-Area
3D Measurement System Fast and accurate
1 3D measurements
Quickly and Just place the sample and click one
button to measure with a 0.1 μm

accurately
resolution.

obtain full 3D data

over an entire
surface in just seconds
Just click the button
measure in as little as
1 second

Measurements can be performed quickly without

worrying about settings.

Just place the sample

and click one button

Because measurements are performed with

surfaces, they are accurate and there is no need
to redo them.

The lowest point can be

targeted and measured.

Wide-Area 3D Measurement System

VR-5000 Series

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3D Measurement System

3D measurement of XYZ traceability

2 surfaces 3
Measure shapes, planarity, Take advantage of an XYZ traceability
and roughness over a large area system that complies with national
(200 × 100 mm). standards.

Measure not just

points or lines but Non-contact,
precise measurements
entire surfaces
Coordinate and profile measurement devices make it
impossible to analyse and understand an entire surface.
[Measurement principle] Light-section method
Using triangulation calculations to measure the height
Coordinate measurement device: Profile measurement device:  differences caused by shining slit light on the target
Measurement of “points” Measurement of “lines” Bands of light from the transmitter lens are
scattered across the surface of the object being
measured. When the reflected light is observed
from another angle (receiver lens), height
differences on the object make the bands of
light appear distorted. An image of these
distortions is taken using a CMOS sensor, and
triangulation calculations are performed to
measure the height and position at each point.

Now it’s possible to understand things that were Traceability is supported for safety and peace of
previously unknowable. mind.
One-shot 3D measurements make it possible to measure “surfaces,”
which enables analyses of entire shapes. Z X-Y
National standard National standard

Understand the max point VR-5000 Series National Institute of National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Advanced Industrial
and min point at a glance Science and Technology Science and Technology
(AIST) (AIST)

JCSS accredited JCSS accredited

organisation organisation
Instantly understand the Max point
overall shape Block gauge / ring gauge Reference scale
Min point

Coordinate measurement
3D measuring machine equipment

Calibration block Calibration chart

VR-5000

See the installation and analysis examples for each industry on the next pages. 3
 Electrical and Electronic Parts

■ Evaluations of portable terminal hermetic seals

High

Low

Part of the groove is displayed in blue, which indicates that sink marks are present.
When analysing sink marks, it is important to check the position and depth of the sink marks over a wide area of the part,
rather than a small section.

Warpage of Coplanarity of the terminals of

PCB parts an aluminium electrolytic capacitor

Reference image Comparison image

One profile from two specified points Defective product Good product

PCB warpage is caused by the temperature rise that occurs when power The flatness of capacitor terminals, which can lead to PCB mounting
is supplied and by temperature fluctuations in the surrounding defects and influence the mounting strength of PCBs, can be measured.
environment, so analysis is performed to determine whether mounting
defects have occurred with the passage of time. PCB warpage caused by
temperature fluctuations from room temperature to a high temperature of
260°C can be measured.

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 Pressed Parts

■ Height measurements of the cross sections of bent products

10160.39 μm

Measurement position 1

Reference plane

46626.34 μm

50000.00

25000.00

Measurement position 2
25000.00

As shown in this figure, it is common for cross-section heights to be drawn on the figure after bending.
It is necessary to express the measurement values in an easy-to-understand manner.

Lens part Tablet case

curvature measurement curvature measurement

1008.02 μm
41924.18

High
Curvature of a tablet case
20000.00

Low
20000.00
3D measurement of small parts

For this target, a lens will be affixed in the round hole. The presence of In addition to visual Measurement Measurement
No. name value Unit
waviness in a part such as this may lead to looseness or other fitting inspection, multiple
defects. measurements can be 1 Evaluated length 1200 μm
made to calculate 2 Wz 34.3 μm
roughness and waviness. 3 Wa 10.5 μm

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 Metal Processed Parts

■ Shape measurements of serrated screws

The shape that results from serration processing is very important because it affects the force of friction
between the screw and the object that it comes in contact with.

Malleable metal fracture surface Height and height difference

(surface area/cross sectional area) measurements of flat washers

Measurement result
Area name Average height Height difference Maximum height Minimum height Max - Min
Unit µm µm µm µm µm
Area 1 1.82 (Reference) 6.80 -2.14 8.94

The height data can be used to measure the volume and area of the
target as well as the XY diameter at the specified height. The number of
items can also be counted at the same time.
Generally speaking, flat washers are manufactured by pressing followed
by surface processing and polishing. If there are projections and
depressions on the surface that comes in contact with the other object,
the flat washer will not be able to effectively carry out its role of preventing
looseness. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the flatness as
well as to the presence of burrs and flaws.

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 Resin Moulded Products

■ Checking the height of burrs on external parts

Burrs are formed when the resin is pushed out by the aligning part of the mould. As a rule, the resin filling conditions are not the
only problem. Other issues that must be considered include gaps forming in the aligning part of the mould and problems that
exist in the moulding strength and the mould clamping pressure.
At the point where the highest burr occurs, check what has happened to the mould. It is possible to make corrections without
overlooking anything by checking the shape over a large area.

Strength analysis of Simultaneous analysis of resin

weld lines moulded products
Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Sample D

Prepare the moulding conditions so that the depth of the weld lines that
occur on the outer appearance of a product by design is quantified and
provides the permitted range. The quality of visual comparisons with the
limit sample varies from one worker to another, which may lead to
damage for which the cause is unknown. Quantifying the depth makes it
possible to see the correlations with the strength test, which makes it
easier to explain the problem to the relevant parties.
Multiple files can be opened at the same time in order to measure items
such as cross sections, volumes, areas, planarity, and roughness. This
makes it possible to analyse a large number of evaluation samples
instantaneously under the same conditions. This makes it possible to
determine at a glance where and how items differ. Some examples of
items that can be evaluated include prototypes with different
manufacturing conditions and shape variations caused by wear. This not
only leads to major reductions in work processes but also prevents
evaluation mistakes caused by errors in measurement conditions.

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 Automotive Parts

■ Weatherstrips (line roughness and surface roughness)

Measure line roughness Measure surface roughness

Typical parameters such as Ra and Rz can be measured. It is also Surface roughness can be measured in accordance with ISO 25178.
possible to perform measurements in a manner like tracing the Measurements are performed with multiple points, which makes it
circumference of an object, which has been difficult to do with contact- possible to obtain a more stable measurement result.
type instruments.

Brake pad Wrinkles

(planarity) (overall wrinkle depth)
Source data After curvature removal

Profile measurement
The surface data can be used to easily measure targeted locations on
a sample. The VR Series can freely measure 12 items.

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