Metrology & Inspection Services
Overview
Novanta Precision Medicine delivers high-confidence metrology and inspection services backed by a dedicated team of experienced engineers and application experts. Working in close collaboration with customers, our team leverages advanced metrology and ultra-precise motion and control technologies to accelerate system validation, ensure regulatory compliance, and safeguard long-term performance.
We verify critical dimensional, geometric, surface, and optical characteristics with exceptional accuracy and repeatability—enabling early defect detection, consistent quality, and optimized performance from design through production and field deployment. All services are delivered under ISO 9001 and ISO 13485–certified quality systems, supporting industrial and regulated medical applications.
Core Metrology & Inspection Service Pillars
Laser Inspection & Metrology Services
Purpose: Verify motion accuracy, stability, and degradation over time.
Services may include:
- Linear accuracy, repeatability, straightness, flatness
- Pitch, yaw, roll measurement
- Thermal drift and stability characterization
- Baseline performance certification + periodic re-certification
Value:
- Supports IQ/OQ/PQ documentation
- Detects early performance drift before failures occur
- Reduces need for customers to invest in internal metrology tools
FEA Simulation & Digital Validation
Purpose: Predict performance before failure and support design optimization.
Services may include:
- Load, stress, vibration, and thermal simulations
- Motion accuracy under real-world loading
- Design change impact analysis
- Application-specific performance modeling
Value:
- Faster design cycles
- Reduced physical prototyping
- Better design decisions with lower risk
Grease / Lubrication Optimization
Purpose: Extend life, reduce contamination risk, and maintain consistent performance.
Services may include:
- Specialized cleaning and reballing of bearings
- Grease condition inspection (visual + performance-based)
- Lubrication compatibility assessments
- Re-lubrication schedules by application and duty cycle
- Cleanroom-compatible lubrication validation
Value:
- Longer component life
- Reduced particle generation (critical in medical & diagnostics)
- Predictable maintenance intervals
Life & Load Testing
Purpose: Validate durability, reliability, and compliance.
Services may include:
- Accelerated life testing
- Load and duty cycle validation
- Wear characterization
- Failure mode documentation
Value:
- Confidence in long-term performance
- Data to support regulatory filings
- Reduced field failures and warranty exposure
Our Facilities
The Equipment to Get the Job Done Right
Our 48,000 square-foot facility is purpose-built for precision. It includes:
- Eight dedicated manufacturing bays for specialized operations
- A Class-1000 clean room with a Class-100 laminar flow bench
- Specialized cleaning systems for clean-room-compatible parts
- An in-house machine shop equipped with CNC milling and turning capabilities
A full suite of specialty tools to ensure assemblies perform exactly as designed, including:
- A fully equipped electronics lab for testing motors, drives, and other components
- Three CMMs with travel ranges up to two hundred inches
- A Renishaw laser interferometer
- A Mitutoyo surface profilometer
- A laser autocollimator
- A helium vacuum-leak detector
- Water-pressure testing systems
- Custom-designed test systems and fixtures
