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In order to remain competitive, WESO focuses on the continuous improvement of processes. By means of optical metrology and the necessary expert knowledge, the sut boe up ppuinizf WESO-Aurorahütte GmbH: Optical Metrology Application Note www.gom.com Inbhiobuiwf boe gvuvsf-psifoufe – cvzzwpset wiidi cpui fully describe WESO-Aurorahütte GmbH. The foundry, pany history to look back on. It was founded 130 years ago and has maintained its original spirit of progress to this day. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that in uif �fme pg rvbmiuy bttvsbodf- npsf fg�difou pspdfttft are also being continually developed. The company takes the approach of viewing manufacturing metrology as an integral part of the production process – from design zbuipo pg pspdfttft. Io puifs wpset: Mpefso nfuspmphy ppuinizbuipo bu bmm- iu it pbsuidvmbsmy inppsubou up ibwf knowledge on all actual states at hand. This applies to tools, patterns, core boxes and molds but also to the �obm pspevdu up cf n

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