Manufacturing Today Issue - 242 November 2025 | Page 122

Where Precision Leads, Quality Follows
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“ Our goal has always been to enable innovation,” says Frech.“ We see ourselves as partners in our customers’ development processes, helping them understand how materials behave, how structures respond, and how processes can be improved.”
Measuring motion: understanding how the world moves
If there is one technology that defines Polytec’ s reputation, it is vibrometry. The company is widely regarded as the gold standard in laser-based vibration measurement. Polytec vibrometers detect motion on almost any surface, from the thin membrane of a loudspeaker to the composite panels of an aircraft, across a vast frequency range.
In automotive engineering, they are used for modal testing and simulation validation, revealing how structures vibrate and where resonance might lead to fatigue or noise. In consumer electronics, Polytec systems measure the performance of MEMS microphones, sensors, and speakers, ensuring every vibration translates into sound or data with absolute precision. In aerospace, they help detect subtle oscillations that could affect performance or safety.
Even living organisms can be measured. The story of Dr. Cocroft and The Secret World of Sound, narrated by Sir David Attenborough for Netflix, highlighted how Polytec’ s VibroGo portable vibrometer enables scientists to study natural communication in ways that were once unthinkable- proof that vibrometry is as relevant in biology as it is in engineering.
The newest addition to the portfolio, VibroScan, expands the range, quality, and speed of full-field vibration measurements. Incorporating Polytec’ s patented QTec ®
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