Working Group 6.2 - Engineering Surveys for Industry and
Research
Policy issues
Engineering surveys in industry and research demand ultimate quality to be
realised in ever-shorter time slots and under spatially most limited conditions.
WG2's main goal is to provide the specialists involved in that kind of missions
with the latest state of the art concerning:
- The use of adapted survey techniques in industry & Engineering;
- A multidisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers, civil
engineers, structural & mechanical engineers, R&D scientists - for a
better approach of complex Engineering survey problems;
- Specific algorithms, instrumentation, equipment and techniques in
Engineering Surveys;
- High precision measurements and special techniques for the large scale
metrology of big equipment or structures;
- Integration of survey & alignment sensors with actuators and/or tools
for on-line monitoring and control of a given process (dynamic systems);
- Relevant modules for the 'Optical 3d Measurement Techniques' series.
Chair
Specific project(s)
- Engineering surveying procedures for power plants
- Engineering surveying procedures for linear and circular accelerators
- Engineering surveying procedures for nuclear research facilities
- New techniques for as-built documentation and facility inventory
- Industrial metrology in production, assembling and finishing processes
- In-situ calibration of industrial robots
Within topic 4 of the list above special emphasis will be addressed on
terrestrial laser scanning to stimulate quick acceptance and diversified
application by surveyors. Object scanning represents a growing and promising new
market, which evidently also attracts non-geodetic competitors. Urgent actions
to be managed by a group of WG6.2 members cover:
- Advising optimal instrument for each special application of a mission
catalogue;
- Development of suitable planning tools for extensive scanning tasks;
- Optimisation of necessary georeferencing procedures;
- Software improvements to increase variety of best-fitting objects;
- Monitoring of CAD-SW behaviour under heavy scanning data load;
- Dialogue with manufacturers to realise competent consumer wishes;
- Expansion of application fields.
Workshop(s)
- Co-sponsoring INGEO 2002, November 11 - 13, Bratislava
- Special workshop towards the end of 2003;
- Tutorials as part of the "International Course for Engineering
Surveying", March 15-19, 2004, Zürich
- Contributions to the FIG Working Weeks and to FIG Congress;
- Specific seminars or workshops on dedicated topics.
Publication(s)
- Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Beneficiaries
- Surveyors wanting to acquire more expertise in these special applications;
- Designers and manufacturers in various industrial or Engineering
activities;
- Engineers dealing with quality control of large objects or structures;
- Scientific laboratories dealing with particle accelerators and detectors,
fusion rings, gravitational antennas, power lasers, etc.;
- All scientists and engineers dealing with large scale metrology and
accurate positioning in R&D sectors or in Industry;
- Universities and manufacturers involved in the development of special
instruments.
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