Mantech Sales Ltd has won the contract to distribute Werth Messtechnik GmbH’s dimensional measurement machines in the UK. The award will mean that UK manufacturers and engineers will have access to some of the world’s most accurate measuring machines, including the Werth Tomoscope, a CT scanner which incorporates many patented features.
German company, Werth Messtechnik GmbH, has over 50 years’ expertise of high quality and precision in measurement technology. The broad range of products on offer allow for non-destructive, internal and external imaging of materials and components, including metals, plastics, rubber, circuit boards and semiconductors.
The news has been met with excitement by the manufacturing industry, with four orders having been placed already by the medical and aerospace industries, at a value of 1.4 million Euros.
This includes the sale of a Werth Tomoscope, the world’s first integration of computer tomography (CT) in a multisensory coordinate measuring machine. This machine opens up completely new measurement possibilities for analysing features of materials. Quick CT measurement is combined with precision measurement of functional dimensions, taken using tactile or optical sensor technology.
The machine works by placing a workpiece on a revolving stage and rotating it through 360°, while x-ray images are taken at several orientations. It then uses these measurements to construct a 3D image of the sample under inspection. Tactile sensors with probe tip diameters down to 20 microns probe optically inaccessible features. This makes it one of the most accurate measurement systems on the market, meaning less chance of scrapping good parts or keeping bad parts.
Paul Nash, Director of Mantech Sales, said: “The Werth Tomoscope provides a very quick, 3D colour image of every feature of the component, without any need for further checking or measurement. Other methods can be time-consuming or require destruction or pre-treatment of the product, but the Tomoscope allows users to quickly obtain all the information they need, and respond to their customers more quickly.”
Other Werth products now available in the UK include the Scopecheck series for use in a shop-floor environment, and the Videocheck series for gauge master certification, research and development, and first article verification. The full product range extends from classic profile and measurement projectors to highly-advanced multi sensor coordinate measurement equipment featuring optics, laser and tactile scanning probes.
Paul Nash added, “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract and to be able to offer such high quality equipment to UK manufacturers. The products will have a broad range of applications, and are already making an impact on major UK businesses in the automotive and medical fields. We look forward to offering the machines to these and other manufacturing industries to help them improve the quality, safety and efficiency of their products.”
