Reporting on the latest international standards, calibration and certification procedures, this volume contains the official proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Laser Metrology, Machine Tool, CMM and Robot Performance. Areas highlighted include: machine tool condition monitoring and calibration; co-ordination of metrology and its application to manufacturing performance and industrial inspection; new techniques in performance assessment and verification; numerical and computational tools.

This text presents the latest technology for assessing the performance of machine tools, coordinate measuring machines and robotics. It also details procedures involving international calibration, certification and standardization, and introduces the gear and transmission metrology section.