Who We Are
Optical Gaging (S) Pte Ltd (OGP Singapore – OGS) was established in Singapore in 1995 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Vision International, Inc. USA (QVI), the holding company for Optical Gaging Products USA (OGP) worldwide.
OGP’s leading family of SmartScope video measuring system was introduced in 1992 to Southeast Asia for solving customers’ daily measurement problems through OGS. OGS’ inception in Singapore was timely, filling a niche for the measurement of microscopic parts and easily deformed pieces in manufacturing, supporting the city-state’s industrialization. Through its training and application support programs, OGS successfully transferred critical skills to customers and won for OGS a strong customer base including top 20% industry players in the region. OGS believes that each sales signals the beginning of a new friendship and pledges to provide innovative and quality products backed by a team of dynamic sales and skilled technical personnel.
Optical Gaging (S) Pte Ltd is also the regional headquarters for the Far East and Middle East. Over the years, OGS has persistently expanded its network of sales and technical centers, including authorized representatives across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South China – Guangdong Province (Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan), Hongkong, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia & Qatar).
Here at Optical Gaging (S) Pte Ltd, we work hand in hand with our customers and authorized representatives to ensure peace of mind after owning a piece of our OGP metrology systems. OGS provides after-sales support which includes training, application support, and technical service supports – installation, calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, servicing, upgrading of our products. With our network of fully trained personnel nearby and inventory of genuine common parts in our store, our business partners are in good hand.
80 years of Technical Innovation
A reflection of OGP’s 80 Years of Advancing Optical Metrology
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.
2025
IntelliCentric™-M Optical System
SmartScope M-Series 3D Multisensor Metrology Systems are launched, featuring an all-new patented optical system providing remarkable image quality and large zoom range with instant magnification change and VIRTUAL ZOOM™ technology.
1956-1959
Projectron
The world’s first electronic edge detection system for optical comparators is introduced. Using photocell technology and analog circuitry, Projectron foreshadows the need for automation in the inspection industry.
1956 - Automation Gages, Inc. founded.
1959 - Ex-Cell-O Corporation acquires Eastman Kodak’s Contour Projector® line and OGP®
1966
The AG Electronic Smoothness Evaluator
This addressed a need in the textile industry for inspection and sorting of fabric in order to receive the “Sanforized” label.
1967
AG MODEL 875
The world’s first video inspection system debuts. An early look into the future, the Model 875 clearly demonstrates the capabilities latent in this technology.
1970
First OGP Built Projector
OQ-30, a side screen Contour Projector with a revolutionary granite surface plate foundation, is introduced.
OGP joins Automated Gages.
1976
The Clip
The CLIP (Closed Loop Incremental Positioner) introduction moves automation further forward, making automated positioning of comparator worktables possible.
1977
Mercury Arc Surface Illuminator
This patented innovation, with its unique paraboloidal reflector, enables high magnification inspection of surface details for the first time.
1979
OQ Debuts
The world’s first side table optical comparator, dubbed the “projector for the eighties,” quickly becomes an industry favorite due to its innovative design.
1980
Vidicom Qualifier 863
A remarkable machine, combines solid state electronics, gray scale image processing, and programmable magnification into an affordable, non-contact measuring system.
1984
Vidiprobe Contour Projector
The Vidiprobe introduction effectively bridges contour projector and video inspection technologies.
1985
Q-See
OGP leads the way again with the introduction of the first video system designed specifically for ease of use and low cost.
1986
Intelligent Qualifier 2000
Introduced as one of the world’s first multisensor coordinate measurement systems, the IQ-2000 can be equipped with vision, touch probe, and laser scanning sensors.
1991
SmartScope Launched
SmartScope® brings fully automatic 3-D measuring to the benchtop at half the price of previous systems. Its colour camera, programmable zoom lens, and easy to use software quickly make it the world’s most popular non-contact measuring system.
1994
OGP reinvents the Benchtop Comparator with TopBench
Features normally found only on larger systems are now available in one compact, benchtop system.
AccuCentric Innovation
These revolutionary optics are the first to display fully corrected images for both direct projection and surface illumination.
1995
OHA-50, Special-Purpose System
An ultra-accuracy, small travel system designed specifically to meet the needs of the growing micro-manufacturing industry. Volumetric accuracy is better than one micron (0.001 mm).
1996
SmartRing is introduced
A patented, multiple ring LED illuminator offers unparalleled flexibility for video measuring systems. With it, lighting is controlled for brightness, angle of incidence, and direction.
2000
SmartScope Flash & Flare Debut
A new patented profile illumination featuring a linear array of LED lights is introduced. LEDs are illuminated sequentially to track the optical system as it moves in the x-axis. The number of LEDs illuminated, and their individual brightness, is changed depending on the zoom magnification level to match the numeric aperture of the optics.
2002
TeleStar Zoom Lens
Designed and built specifically for precision video metrology providing a phenomenally clear high contrast image with virtually zero distortion.
2003
Rainbow Probe
Capable of extreme accuracy for surface topography by using the concept of chromatic dispersion, this sensor determines change in the height of a surface by measuring the colour of the reflected light it sees.
2004
SmartScope Quest/Vantage 650 Unveiled
This new top-of-the-line system combines large load capacity, outstanding accuracy, extensive measurement volume, and multisensor capability (SP 25 scanning probe) to open the application envelope to parts previously not suitable for optical equipment.
2009
Ground-breaking Optical Comparator Technology
Innovative all-LED TruLight® illumination, a world-first use in optical comparators and eCAD®, an electronic overlay package that allows a CAD model to project virtual charts onto the comparator screen, for comparison with part images are applied to new benchtop horizontal Contour Projectors®.
2010
QVI’s Most Precise Laser Point Sensor Launched
The TeleStar® TTL interferometric laser uses innovative electro-optical technology. In interferometry, light from a single coherent source is typically split into two beams that travel in different optical paths, which are then combined again to produce wave interference. The resolution obtained with interferometry is correlated directly to the wavelength of the light.
2014
ZONE3 Metrology Software Introduced
The first 3D CAD-based metrology software, ZONE3®, combines all metrology software functionality into one package designed to work with SmartScope multisensor measurement systems.
2015
Newest Generation of Coordinate Measuring Systems
FlexPoint™ is the first high-accuracy flexible gaging system for measurement of small precision parts, represents an alternative to custom hard gaging.
2017
TurnCheck System Addresses Shaft Measurement Uncertainty
QVI® develops a new telecentric optical system specially for shaft measurement and coupled it with a new mechanical system that allows the optics/illumination/camera to scan the shaft while it is rotating.
2018
New Optical Point Sensors
VersaFlex™ packages up to three sensors in one cluster. The optical/video probe combines precision optics, imaging, and illumination in a compact and powerful sensor assembly small enough for use on an articulating probe head.
The TeleStar interferometric laser is packaged into a “pen” to allow this very high resolution sensor to be used with the VersaFlex cluster, or deployed off-axis on systems that do not use the TeleStar zoom lens.
2022
New ShapeGrabber Systems
ShapeGrabber Automated 3D Scanning Systems are redesigned with three new models scan heads, QVI transports, and optical Technology.
2023
New Launch of E-Series
SmartScope E-Series establishes a new norm for 3-axis optical measurement performance. Optimal for benchtop use for efficient space utilisation or a floor model system for large-scale part measurement.
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