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Ahmed ElMelegy1, Sarwat Zahwi2, Ahmed Sobhy2

  • 1Engineering and Surface Metrology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards (NIS), Giza, Egypt. ahmed.elmelegy@nis.sci.eg.

Scientific Reports
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AutocollimatorsLarge capacity CNC machinesProduction metrologyStraightness errors

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