SERVICIO AVANZADO DE MEDICIÓN DITECMA, S.L. (S.A.M. DITECMA,S.L.)

Servicio Avanzado de Medición Ditecma, S.L. (S.A.M. Ditecma, S.L.) is a specialist dimensional metrology laboratory and service provider founded in 2003 and headquartered at C/ Pitágoras, nº 7, 28906 Getafe, Madrid, Spain. The company is wholly dedicated to metrology services of all kinds (servicios de metrología de toda índole), combining classical three-dimensional coordinate measurement with advanced laser-based measurement technologies. With more than two decades of continuous operation, Ditecma has built a reputation as a trusted partner for high-precision industrial measurement across the Spanish and international manufacturing supply chain, serving both large OEMs and specialist component suppliers that require rigorous, traceable dimensional verification.

The laboratory's core offering is dimensional and geometric verification of industrial parts and components using coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). Ditecma operates an exclusively Hexagon-branded fleet of CMMs, the global benchmark for accuracy and reliability in coordinate metrology. These machines perform dimensional inspection, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) evaluation, first-article inspection, in-process and final quality control, and reverse-engineering measurements on complex prismatic and free-form parts. Measurement results are delivered with full traceability documentation, expanded uncertainty budgets, and conformance statements against customer-supplied engineering drawings and applicable dimensional standards, enabling clients to demonstrate compliance to their own customers and regulatory auditors.

In addition to CMM-based inspection, Ditecma employs modern laser measurement equipment for applications where non-contact, large-volume, or in-situ measurements are required. Laser scanning and laser tracker technologies enable the capture of dense point-cloud data on components that are too large or geometrically complex for traditional CMM fixturing. This expanded capability serves sectors such as aerospace, automotive body-in-white, tooling and fixture verification, and assembly fit-checks where portable or non-contact metrology is essential to maintaining dimensional integrity throughout the production flow. Measured data can be compared directly against CAD nominal geometry to produce colour-deviation maps and formal deviation reports.

A distinctive offering from Ditecma is its CMM programming and on-site installation service (Programación MMC). The team writes, validates, and installs custom measurement programs—primarily using PC-DMIS, the industry-standard software for Hexagon CMMs—directly on customers' own machines at their production facilities. This embedded programming service allows manufacturing companies to achieve automated, repeatable in-line or off-line dimensional inspection without requiring in-house metrology software expertise. Programs are tailored to the specific part families, tolerancing schemes, and reporting formats required by each client's quality system, and Ditecma engineers remain available for ongoing support and program updates as product designs evolve.

Ditecma also provides formal training and advisory services (Formación) to industrial quality and production professionals. Courses cover blueprint reading (lectura de planos), geometric dimensioning and tolerancing interpretation, and hands-on instruction in PC-DMIS and other CMM software platforms. Programs are designed for both new metrology practitioners and experienced operators seeking to deepen their software proficiency or update their knowledge of current measurement best practices. This training offering directly complements the laboratory's programming services, enabling clients to become self-sufficient CMM operators once an initial suite of measurement programs has been developed and installed.

The laboratory holds accreditation from ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación), Spain's national accreditation body and a full signatory of the EA and ILAC mutual recognition arrangements, under accreditation number LE2395, assessed against ISO/IEC 17025. The accredited scope covers dimensional and geometric verification of industrial tools and components using coordinate measuring machines and one-dimensional measurement equipment, including the assessment of dimensional tolerances and geometric tolerances. The company's quality management system is further certified to ISO 9001 and EN9100—the aerospace and defence quality management standard—reinforcing Ditecma's suitability for supply chains with the most demanding regulatory and customer-specific quality requirements. Because ENAC is an EA and ILAC MRA signatory, accredited calibration and testing results issued by Ditecma are accepted globally without additional verification.

Ditecma serves clients across a broad range of precision-manufacturing sectors: aerospace and space (aeronáutico, espacial), automotive (automoción), telecommunications (telecomunicaciones), railway (ferroviario), and general industrial manufacturing. The company holds a formal collaboration agreement with Hexagon M.I., under which the Getafe facility also serves as an authorised Hexagon showroom and demonstration centre. This partnership gives Ditecma clients direct access to the latest CMM hardware and software innovations, priority technical support, and the opportunity to observe demonstration measurements on production-level Hexagon equipment before committing to capital investment. Ditecma's position inside the Hexagon partner ecosystem is a significant competitive differentiator that ensures the team remains at the forefront of metrology technology.

The Getafe facility maintains continuous 24-hour environmental control of temperature and humidity using multiple thermohygrometers distributed throughout the measuring room. Compliance with the ISO 1 reference condition of 20 °C and controlled humidity is a prerequisite for traceable dimensional metrology, since steel, aluminium, and polymer workpieces expand and contract measurably with temperature, directly affecting stated measurement uncertainties. Precision, reproducibility, and repeatability are the laboratory's explicit performance pillars. Clients submitting complex aerospace castings, automotive tooling, precision-machined components, electronic enclosures, or instrument housings can rely on Ditecma for measurement results that are technically rigorous, competitively priced, and delivered on short lead times by a team with extensive hands-on experience in industrial dimensional metrology.