Talk:Optical comparator

Poor definition
"'An optical comparator (often called just a comparator in context) is a device that applies the principles of optics to the inspection of manufactured parts'" This applies to anything from cameras to microscopes; a more precise definition is needed. Unfortunately, the article is currently so poor I can't deduce what this device actually does!

Meekohi (talk) 14:10, 18 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I added more explanation. — ¾-10 01:50, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merger
Request received to merge articles: Profile Projector into Optical comparator; dated April 2018.

There's an orphan article entitled Profile Projector that seems to be basically about the same thing as this article. Note that I don't know enough about the topic to be capable of satisfactorily merging them myself. Rosbif73 (talk) 09:41, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 20:54, 23 June 2019 (UTC)