{"id":5616,"date":"2026-06-25T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=5616"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:19:54","slug":"mechanical-parts-10","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/en\/case\/mechanical-parts-10","title":{"rendered":"Parallelism Inspection for Molds and Similar Components"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Parallelism measurement of opposing mold surfaces using the KW-0007\" class=\"wp-image-5098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-2.jpg 1322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fdfd8f7cc827a72fd42741283006935e wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u30fbIssues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe pressure-sensitive paper looks fine, but is it really parallel?\u201d With conventional contact inspection using pressure-sensitive paper, results depend heavily on the operator\u2019s experience and judgment, making it difficult to quantitatively compare minute misalignments or standardize rigorous quality evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-014c0840d496b86729c1eb58a9e71089 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u30fbSolutions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A parallelism sensor uses an autocollimator-based method, illuminating opposing surfaces with laser beams and detecting the reflected light to measure angular deviation (parallelism) with high accuracy and without contact. It transforms parallelism evaluation that previously relied on experience and intuition into objective, numerical evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u30fbReal-time visualization<br>Instantly converts minute tilt into data on site<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u30fbStandardized quality evaluation<br>Enables anyone to measure using the same criteria, regardless of skill level<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u30fbImproved process efficiency<br>Standardized inspection significantly reduces adjustment time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5098,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/?post_type=case&p=5097"},"case-cat":[16],"case-tag":[36,67],"class_list":["post-5616","case","type-case","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","case-cat-mechanical-parts","case-tag-36","case-tag-67","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/5616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"case-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-cat?post=5616"},{"taxonomy":"case-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-tag?post=5616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}