Industry/University Cooperative Research on Mechanical and Optical Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs and OCMMs)

三坐标测量机（CMM）和最近的光学三坐标测量机（OCCM）由于其高速尺寸测量能力，在美国工业，特别是汽车工业中得到了迅速的接受。如果应用得当，CMM和ocmm可以通过精确和廉价的100%过程测量和持续监控制造过程来显著提高产品质量，从而为过程改进提供了一种方法。这是保持美国在世界上竞争力的重要一步。在中心发展的规划拨款阶段（ECD 9015282）产生的工业支持证明了对这样一个中心的需求。今天，在美国有100多家不同的公司在销售这些系统，在未来十年，年销售额将超过12亿美元。密歇根大学安娜堡分校的三坐标测量机和光学三坐标测量机工业/大学合作研究中心将研究三坐标测量机和occm在提高产品质量方面的使用和应用，特别是与汽车工业有关的产品。项目经理建议密歇根大学安娜堡分校在五年持续资助的第一年获得50,000美元的奖励。在每个12个月周期结束时，项目经理和/或工程中心部门的主管根据一系列更新标准审查中心的进展情况，包括以下内容：(1)产业界/大学互动和合作的发展程度；(2)中心支撑基础扩大的程度；(3)一个强有力的研究项目正在发展的程度。如果评审结果令人满意，项目经理将建议支持该持续拨款的下一阶段。

Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMM) and more recently, Optical Coordinate Measuring Machines (OCCM) are gaining rapid acceptance in U.S. industry, particularly the automotive industry, because of its high-speed capability of dimensional measurement. If properly applied, CMM, and OCMMs can be used to dramatically improve product quality by enabling accurate and inexpensive 100% in-process measurement and continuously monitoring the manufacturing processes thus providing a way to process improvement. This is an essential step in retaining U.S. competitiveness in the world. The need for such a center was evidenced by the industrial support generated during the planning grant phase (ECD 9015282) of the center development. Today there are over 100 different companies marketing these systems in the U.S. and over the next decade the annual sales should exceed $1.2 billion. The Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Coordinate Measuring Machines and Optical Coordinate Measuring Machines at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will perform research on the use and application of CMMs and OCCMs in improving quality of products, particularly those related to the automotive industry. The Program Manager recommends that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor be awarded $50,000 for the first year of a five year continuing grant. Near the end of each twelve month period, the Program Manager and/or the Directors of the Engineering Centers Division reviews the progress of the center on a number of renewal criteria, including the following: (1) extent to which the Industry/University interaction and collaboration is developing; (2) extent to which the support base for the center is expanding; (3) extent to which a robust research program is developing. If the review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support of the next period of this continuing grant.