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Kevin Harding
Optical Metrology Solutions

Kevin HardingKevin Harding has over 45 years of experience and the development and use of optical metrology methods. With over 80 short courses taught, 200 published papers, 88 US patents, and 2 books on the subject along with over 40 years working with industry, Harding provides a broad and unbiased perspective on the dos and don’ts of optical metrology. He is a fellow of SPIE and has been recognized for his work by AIA (A3), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit.

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Presented by Kevin Harding

July 2025
Upgrades in Techniques and Tools for 3D Vision Inspection
In its early days, machine vision applications used a camera and a light to make rudimentary measurements, and this configuration was very effective for its purpose. The addition of simple lines of...
November 2023
Selecting the Right Metrology Tool when Weighing Factors Such as Part Access, Surface Quality and Geometry Limitations
Recent years have seen a growth of 3D optical metrology tools able to map objects, some big like buildings and others small like microbes. Making sense of what tool can do what task can be daunting...
January 2023
3D Optical Metrology: Capabilities for a New Era
3D optical methods have come a long way from the early stereo viewers and multiangle sliding images that existed more than a century ago. As measurement tools, these methods have in the past 40 years...
July 2021
Optical Methods for Enhanced Machine Vision Images
It has often been said that using the right lighting and imaging can make or break a machine vision application. Low-angle lighting may bring out surface textures or useful shadows, backlighting...
March 2018
Optics and Lighting Solutions for Machine Vision
Machine vision technology is key to efficiently manufacturing a wide range of products today, from semiconductors to appliances to beverage containers. A crucial first step in any good machine vision...

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