The metrology suite consists of an approximately 1500 ft² main lab facility and a separate 300 ft² high accuracy coordinate measuring machine lab. There is an additional 1200 ft² of space for precision instrument design and development. The entire suite has a precisely maintained environment that meets class 10,000 clean room requirements with temperature controlled to ± 0.1 °C at 20 °C (68 °F). These strict environmental controls are necessary to optimize the capabilities of the precision measurement instruments housed in the Lab.

In addition to the Charlotte Research Institute Campus facilities, the Center still maintains an adjunct metrology lab in its old home in the C. C. Cameron Applied Research Center. This facility, with similar environment control, is reserved for special projects and industrial cooperative research in the area of metrology.

The capabilities of the Lab include a wide variety of coordinate metrology, surface finish and various traditional dimensional metrology instrumentation. Currently there are five computer controlled coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) in the facility with various touch trigger, scanning, and vision based probing systems. In the area of surface metrology, there are a half-dozen contact and non-contact based instruments to measure two and three dimensional surface finish and form. There are also a number of dimensional metrology instruments for measuring both form and size including;

• flatness interferometers
• roundness/cylindricity instruments
• ID/OD gage
• gage block comparator
• gage block interferometer, etc.

For more information on the Metrology Lab, please contact the Metrology Lab Manager, Greg Caskey, at gwcaskey@uncc.edu or click on one of the links below:

email comments to: gwcaskey@uncc.edu

Last update: 01/12/09