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Optical 3D gauging units. |
| Year established : |
1945 |
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Manufacturer |
In 1945 a new company was formed in Buffalo, NY to support the fledgling optical comparator industry. Engineers Specialties Division (ESD) of the Universal Engraving and Colorplate Company began manufacturing staging fixtures and chart-gages. After moving to Rochester, NY, ESD was purchased by a group of employees and re-formed as Optical Gaging Products, Inc. (OGP®) and Projection Gages, Inc. (PGI).
OGP began a working relationship with Eastman Kodak Company as the exclusive distributor for the Kodak Contour Projector®. OGP rapidly expanded and became a national leader in optical inspection. In 1955, one of the founders of OGP, Edward C. Polidor, formed Automation Gages, Inc., a firm specializing in highly customized inspection equipment. The equipment designed and manufactured by Automation Gages filled such diverse needs as automatic measuring of germanium transistor wafers to evaluation of the wash-and-wear characteristics of textiles.
Automation Gages soon became the national distributor for Bausch and Lomb scientific industrial products, including optical comparators and analytical microscopes. In 1959, OGP found its way to Detroit and became part of the Ex-Cell-O Corporation when Kodak sold the Contour Projector Line.
To meet future challenges, Automation Gages embarked on a program to build the core technologies needed for market leadership. Between 1969 and 1973, they acquired General Measurement Research, Inc. (manufacturer of the Digital Incremental Glass scale system), Visual Inspection Products (designers and builders of chart layout machines and 1:1 pantographs), the optical comparator product lines from Ex-Cell-O and Bendix Measurement Division, and, finally, Optical Gaging Products, Inc. All operations, including manufacturing, were consolidated under one roof in Rochester, New York in 1973.
Since then, Optical Gaging Products has become a world leader in non-contact and multisensor measurement. Many of the important technological advancements and significant contributions made by OGP and AG are summarized on the next pages. 
| Cobra 2D Cobra™ 2D is a non-contact measuring instrument for quickly scanning any part or surface to produce a high resolution, linear profile. Interchangeable DRS™ (Digital Range Sensor) sensors let you choose the resolution you need for every part you need to scan. | 
| Inspection Systems OGP® offers economy inspection and video measuring systems, a video probe that brings non-contact color inspection to CMMs, and low-cost inspection microscopes with innovative optics that make inspection easier and faster. | |
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