This will create a wall thickness 360° around the part top and bottom 8 points each.
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Calypso - Point Recall with LOOP
PiWeb Reporting
Zeiss has added a new report feature that is fantastic. Calypso 6.0 now has the ability to expanding your reporting options. We will cover these options. Please note that PiWeb Reporting is only part of a larger optional reporting package PiWeb Reporting Plus.
PiWeb Reporting and Multiple Printout
After creating your CMM program you may want to add an additional report format. For example, you may currently have a company report format that contains your specific input parameters but in addition to that you may want to have a report that has the plots embedded within the report and a compressed format.
We will show you how to do that within this article.
PiWeb Reporting – Standard Format
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How to setup the Standard Format Report in PiWeb Reporting
NIKON METROLOGY AND CROTTS & SAUNDERS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHEAST REGION
BRIGHTON, MI – December 12, 2012 - — Nikon Metrology, Inc. and Crotts & Saunders Engineering have announced an agreement offering innovative products and services for industrial metrology across the Southeast region, with state-of-the-art capabilities that will advance the quality of metrology across the region. Robert Wasilesky, Senior Vice President of Sales for Nikon Metrology states, “Nikon Metrology’s commitment to bring leading-edge technology to the southeast is greatly enhanced by our new partnership with Crotts & Saunders. This new partnership will benefit industry in this important region by integrating Nikon Metrology’s complete line of innovative metrology products with Crotts & Saunders tradition of sales excellence, service and local support.” Crotts & Saunders Engineering has offered metrology services in the Carolinas, Virginia, and West Virginia for nearly 60 years. “We have a deep understanding of this service industry and realize that customers’ needs are becoming more complex in terms of their measurement standards as well as their sheer ability to get the job done in a more efficient and effective manner.”, said Van Crotts, President of Crotts & Saunders Engineering, “We are very proud of our past metrology services division, and are now aggressively focused on building an even stronger future to exceed ever changing customer expectations. By combining Crotts & Saunders full suite of unmatched custom client services and Nikon’s commitment to delivering breakthrough innovative products we will do just that.” Thomas Ayers, Manager of Metrology Services says, “We are excited about this partnership on a number of levels, but at the core we now have a partner that truly understands that the industry can only advance through innovative technology. Together we believe that we have the ability to redefine the category and recalibrate customers’ expectations of a metrology partner.”
Crotts & Saunders services will expand to include West Virginia. Nikon will also utilize the Crotts & Saunders headquarters located on Silas Creek Parkway as a regional hub for demonstrating the product line and training for the entire Southeast region.
Hexagon Metrology Presents New Corporate Branding
Refreshed Hexagon Metrology Brand Represents Closer Strategic Alignment with Parent Company Hexagon and New Market Positioning
Cobham, United Kingdom,
September 5, 2012 – Hexagon Metrology today launched its new corporate branding, including a refreshed company logo and updated brand strategy. The new brand more closely aligns Hexagon Metrology with the strengths and synergies of its parent company Hexagon, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies.
As part of the rebranding effort, Hexagon Metrology has repositioned its brand strategy, and will now serve as the primary presence in the metrology marketplace while still retaining its iconic product brands. By raising awareness of the Hexagon Metrology brand, the company seeks to promote new growth opportunities as their global customer base associates Hexagon Metrology’s strengths as a company to its entire portfolio of measurement and inspection products.
“Looking toward the future, our core competency can be summarized by proven solutions, customer services, a wide selection of software, precision sensors, and extensive know-how in the sectors we serve,” said Norbert Hanke, President of Hexagon Metrology. “This new chapter in our history is an affirmation of our continued commitment to helping customers reinvent today, outpace change, and solve problems for tomorrow.”
Building upon the company’s nearly 200-year history in the metrology industry, the new brand emphasizes the technological leadership Hexagon Metrology provides to some of the world’s most critical industries.
About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all industrial metrology applications in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy and medical. We support our customers with actionable measurement information along the complete life cycle of a product – from development and design to production, assembly and final inspection.
With more than 20 production facilities and 70 Precision Centers for service and demonstrations, and a network of over 100 distribution partners on five continents, we empower our customers to fully control their manufacturing processes, enhancing the quality of products and increasing efficiency in manufacturing plants around the world. For more information, visit www.hexagonmetrology.com.
Hexagon Metrology is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B; www.hexagon.com). Hexagon is a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.
September 5, 2012 – Hexagon Metrology today launched its new corporate branding, including a refreshed company logo and updated brand strategy. The new brand more closely aligns Hexagon Metrology with the strengths and synergies of its parent company Hexagon, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies.
As part of the rebranding effort, Hexagon Metrology has repositioned its brand strategy, and will now serve as the primary presence in the metrology marketplace while still retaining its iconic product brands. By raising awareness of the Hexagon Metrology brand, the company seeks to promote new growth opportunities as their global customer base associates Hexagon Metrology’s strengths as a company to its entire portfolio of measurement and inspection products.
“Looking toward the future, our core competency can be summarized by proven solutions, customer services, a wide selection of software, precision sensors, and extensive know-how in the sectors we serve,” said Norbert Hanke, President of Hexagon Metrology. “This new chapter in our history is an affirmation of our continued commitment to helping customers reinvent today, outpace change, and solve problems for tomorrow.”
Building upon the company’s nearly 200-year history in the metrology industry, the new brand emphasizes the technological leadership Hexagon Metrology provides to some of the world’s most critical industries.
About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all industrial metrology applications in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy and medical. We support our customers with actionable measurement information along the complete life cycle of a product – from development and design to production, assembly and final inspection.
With more than 20 production facilities and 70 Precision Centers for service and demonstrations, and a network of over 100 distribution partners on five continents, we empower our customers to fully control their manufacturing processes, enhancing the quality of products and increasing efficiency in manufacturing plants around the world. For more information, visit www.hexagonmetrology.com.
Hexagon Metrology is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B; www.hexagon.com). Hexagon is a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.
NVision Specialized Training Assists Navy's Reverse Engineering
Customized, on-site training provided by NVision, Inc. is helping a Naval Air Station (NAS) improve its reverse engineering process.
After experiencing significant frustration and sub-standard scanning results, the NAS contacted NVision, which regularly works with every branch of the U.S. military and specializes in providing scanning solutions and customized, on-site training in the use of laser scanners for reverse engineering. An NVision engineer traveled to the base and spent four days extensively training its personnel on site in the use of laser scanning equipment and software. "Our on-site training with actual parts is one of the reasons why NVision's work with the military continues to grow," says Colin Ellis, Engineering Manager at NVision. "NVision is unique in that we provide full turnkey solutions from start to finish including training instead of having clients purchase separate hardware, software, and training from different places, which happened in this case."
Engineers and machinists at the base regularly need to reverse engineer complex replacement parts for naval aircraft in order to keep the planes and helicopters in peak flying condition. Although this NAS purchased a 3D laser scanner for reverse engineering from another vendor a few years ago, the vendor's lack of a thorough training program limited the ability of its personnel to reverse engineer parts in military aircraft. Sadly, the original training was on parts completely unrelated to those used at an NAS facility and with software not suitable for the station's needs.
The NVision engineer initially had some difficulty using the base's scanning equipment due to its inherent limitations. These issues included a very small laser strip width, tiny stand-off distance, and limited depth of field. Thankfully he was he able to resolve all of the NAS's issues and concerns by providing the facility with two new high-speed portable workstation computers and extensive training on XOR software using the station's own parts and real-world scenarios.
"Fortunately, with NVision's superior level of on-site training and the XOR software, we were able to bring the NAS completely up to speed on reverse engineering their complex parts," says Ellis. "The base now plans to replace their current rudimentary and slow scanner with an NVision high-accuracy and wide-stripe scanner in order to speed up their reverse engineering process even more."
For more information, contact NVision, Inc., 440 Wrangler Dr, Suite 200, Coppell, TX 75019. Ph: 972.393.8000, Fax: 972.393.8002. E-mail: sales@nvision3d.com. Visit NVision's Web site at www.nvision3d.com.
About NVision
NVision, Inc. (www.nvision3d.com) was established in 1990 with one goal in mind: to provide customers with the highest accuracy non-contact optical measurement systems and services for Reverse Engineering and Inspection. Focusing our expertise on the aerospace, power generation, and oil/gas industries, NVision provides both contract scanning services and systems sales to companies throughout North America. Our elite team of engineers provides customers with an unmatchable level of experience and is able to advise and assist with the most difficult engineering challenges.
NVision's clients include industry leaders such as Alstom, Boeing, GE, Lockheed Martin, Lear, NASA, Porsche, Raytheon, Siemens, Toyota, and every branch of the U.S. military.
Hexagon Metrology Supplies Ultra Accurate Measuring System to Milwaukee Machine Works
Precision Machining Company Enhances Capability with Leitz PMM-G
Hexagon Metrology, Inc. announced that precision component manufacturer Milwaukee Machine Works has purchased a Leitz PMM-G ultra-accurate coordinate measuring machine. The Leitz measuring machine has a supersized measuring capacity of three meters wide by four meters long, and two and a half meters high, tailor made for the large scale machined components that are a Milwaukee Machine Works specialty. The PMM-G is a gantry configuration machine that allows large scale parts up to 30,000 pounds to be easily moved inside for precision measurement. It also boasts the highest accuracy specifications for its size, enabling ultra precision measurements to be made for case, cover and housing parts for the wind, off-highway and mining industries which comprise MMW’s typical customer base.
“This new machine is a huge enhancement to our capabilities,” said Mike Manna, General Manager of Milwaukee Machine Works. “We are known for tackling the toughest, highest precision, turning and machining jobs in the business—jobs that other shops just don’t have the capability or expertise to handle. Now we will have a measuring machine with the size, capacity and accuracy to handle the very largest parts we are capable of making—single parts that are the size of small cars.”
Milwaukee Machine Works also plans to keep the new machine busy by pursuing ISO/IEC 17025 certification and offering contract inspection services to other manufacturers in the area. “Not everyone can have a machine with this capability, so when we’ve got available machine time, we’re also going to offer high accuracy inspection services to the local manufacturing community,” said Manna.
“Milwaukee Machine Works has always been a good customer of Hexagon Metrology, and represents the best of what American manufacturing is capable of,” said Jack Rosignal, Vice President of Sales for Hexagon Metrology, Inc. “We are pleased that the first PMM-G Coordinate Measuring Machine to be installed in America is going to a company like Milwaukee Machine Works, that has the commitment to precision manufacturing and the highest quality standards.”
The new Leitz PMM-G is scheduled to come on line in Milwaukee Machine Works’ ISO 9001:2008 certified facility by the second quarter of 2011.
About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology serves the high precision measurement and inspection needs of worldwide manufacturers with its extensive line of metrology hardware, software, accessories and customer services. The company's name-brand portfolio of quality assurance products include Brown & Sharpe, Cognitens, Leica Geosystems, ROMER, Sheffield, PC-DMIS, DEA, Leitz and TESA. Hexagon Metrology has an unrivaled installed base of more than 1.5 million handheld, stationary and portable measurement devices, and over 35,000 seats of PC-DMIS metrology software. More information is at www.HexagonMetrology.us
The company is a business unit of Hexagon AB (Stockholm, Sweden), a publicly-traded company (Nasdaq OMX Stockholm: HEXA B). The Hexagon group consists of nearly 11,000 employees located in 42 countries.
About Milwaukee Machine Works
Milwaukee Machine Works is one of the most experienced suppliers of machined components to the Wind Energy market place in the 1000MM to 2 meter size range. Additionally, Milwaukee is a key supplier to Major Off-Highway and Agricultural manufacturers supplying 500-1600MM components in significant volumes while holding exceptionally tight tolerances.
Creaform has sold its 1500th Handyscan 3-D unit
Creaform has sold its 1500th Handyscan 3-D unit, a MAXscan laser scanner for large parts, to car manufacturer Daimler Automotive Co. in China.
Daimler Automotive will use the MAXscan to quality control sheet metal and passenger compartments, execute gap and flush analysis and check parts. The Chinese automaker also expanded its suite of quality control instruments with a HandyPROBE portable optical CMM, which will be used to inspect jigs and fixtures.
“This sale represents a new breakthrough for us in what is now the largest auto market in the world, and it confirms our position of world leader in 3-D scanning and optical measurement,” said President Charles Mony.
Daimler Automotive will use the MAXscan to quality control sheet metal and passenger compartments, execute gap and flush analysis and check parts. The Chinese automaker also expanded its suite of quality control instruments with a HandyPROBE portable optical CMM, which will be used to inspect jigs and fixtures.
“This sale represents a new breakthrough for us in what is now the largest auto market in the world, and it confirms our position of world leader in 3-D scanning and optical measurement,” said President Charles Mony.
NVision’s Scanning Saves Invensys 60 hours in Mechanical Upgrade to Steam Turbine
IOM, a division of Invensys, is a leading provider of automation and information technology, systems, software solutions, services and consulting to the global manufacturing and infrastructure industries. Its Turbo Machinery Group provides electromechanical hydraulic upgrades to electrical power generation, oil refining, nuclear, pulp and paper, and chemical plants. Drawings are not usually available for these projects either because they have been lost over time or because the OEM that originally installed the equipment closely guards detailed drawings in an attempt to improve their position as a service provider and OEM.
In the past, designers and engineers had to spend extra time in designing the new equipment to account for dimensional uncertainties. After the equipment was built and delivered, measurements had to be taken to determine what adjustments needed to be made to the equipment. The equipment was sent to a local machine shop to make the adjustments. It’s important to note that this process needed to be carried out during a turnaround when the plant was shut down for maintenance and improvements. Extending a plant outage beyond the planned timeline typically carries a cost of several hundred thousand dollars in lost generating revenue.
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OnTheFly – Measurement in Flight
Werth, a manfacturer of optical and multi-sensor coordinate measuring machines, presents the patented “OnTheFly” method for rapid measurement with image processing. Werth ScopeCheck® and VideoCheck® coordinate measuring machines can now take measurements while in constant motion. By flashing the light sources, blurriness due to the motion is eliminated. Start-Stop operation is no longer needed. Measurement time is drastically reduced (up to a factor of 10) and the efficiency of the measuring machine is increased. This technology is ideal for printed circuit boards or other workpieces with numerous features and the need for short inspection cycles.
“Flying Scanning” VAST Performance
5th generation of VAST scanning from Carl Zeiss: high result reliability combined with impressive speed and a clear reduction of the measuring time
Carl Zeiss now offers the 5th generation of contact scanning. The new VAST® Performance Kit is optionally available for the top-of-the-line PRISMO®, CenterMax® and GageMax® coordinate measuring machines. It incorporates various elements of optimized hardware and software to increase the performance of measurements. A new generation of active probes delivers very high speed and thus considerably improved measuring productivity. The Performance Kit offers high result reliability and a clear reduction of the measuring time for many applications.
With VAST Performance, scanning can now be meaningfully used even for features with interrupted contours. The fast stylus change further reduces the total measuring time. Simplified programming and shorter measuring times enable optimal utilization and thus the completion of more measuring jobs in less time: the productivity of the coordinate measuring machines rises significantly.
Flying scanning
The outstanding benefit of Performance Kit is the ability to scan over interrupted contours (FlyScan). In the past, 16 scanning paths were required to measure a flange that has a plane surface interrupted with boreholes. The FlyScan feature reduces this number to one. The existing method for this measurement required extensive programming that resulted in a measuring time of 75 seconds. FlyScan not only considerably simplifies programming, but the measuring time for the feature is also reduced nearly 70% to 23 seconds—with absolutely reliable measuring results.
The improvement for the measurement of a pinion is even more evident. A single-point measurement delivers a satisfactory statement, but the measuring time is at least 286 seconds, or around five minutes. Scanning with VAST Performance enables an in-depth statement on the form and diameter with a measuring time of only 71 seconds.
Faster stylus change
Productive measuring also means being able to quickly adapt to different measuring jobs. The CNC-guided stylus change on coordinate measuring machines enables the measurement of different features at different workpiece positions with the right stylus or stylus system. Included in a measuring program, the measuring machine automatically changes the stylus. The faster this occurs, the sooner the measuring program can run. The speed of the stylus change thus has a significant effect on the total measuring time of complex measuring programs and several stylus changes. Complex measuring programs often require several stylus changes.
This function has been continuously enhanced. With the QuickChange feature in the Performance Kit, Carl Zeiss has considerably reduced the time needed to change a stylus on its premium-class bridge-type measuring machines. The optimizations have lowered the time needed to change the stylus by up to 60 percent.
Measure Quickly and Reliably with CALIGO
The new ZEISS software for demanding measuring jobs in car body measurement and freeform surfaces
OBERKOCHEN, Germany—May 04, 2010.
Carl Zeiss presents CALIGO, the new measuring software specially developed for car body parts and freeform surfaces. Its modular system architecture offers a high degree of flexibility for the requirements of the future. Optimal utilization of the available system resources enables fast availability of the results. The optically impressive design and clearly structured interface make this new measuring software very intuitive.
New features such as change management, extensive simulation functionality and the possibility of measuring single features of a complex measuring plan directly influence the productivity of measurements.
CALIGO is the successor to widely used HOLOS® freeform measuring software.
Numerous benefits increase measuring productivity
There are many challenges in car body measuring technology: until the process has been optimally configured, a wide range of items have to be checked—often very quickly and in large quantities with different versions and design changes. Good car body measuring technology must be able to keep pace with these and remain flexible. We listened to our customers and implemented their wishes into CALIGO. The functions incorporated in CALIGO provide users with a high level of support and optimize the entire measuring process.
CALIGO accelerates programming with intelligent functions such as change management via feature lists. If changes are made, they are registered when data is compared. Users can then decide which data to accept. This allows them to react flexibly and integrate changed parts into their measuring process, thus increasing their productivity during analysis and serial measurements.
The simulation function provides an extensive array of tools for the analysis of the measuring program before the real sequence starts. This makes it even easier to identify and correct programming errors and further optimize programs using tools such as collision control, travel path track and collision ball. Individual horizontal arm measuring machines and duplex systems can be completely simulated. The EagleEye optical sensor has also been taken into consideration.
Often, only single features need to be inspected and the results must be available quickly. CALIGO can generate the travel path automatically to prevent collisions with the workpiece. CALIGO follows a safety sheath to find the collision-free path from feature to feature. A new navigation concept (Path In/Path Out) has also been integrated into CALIGO. It enables specification of a safe path into and out of an interior space. These functions enable the operator to measure only the required features from an extensive measuring plan. It is not necessary to run the entire plan. CALIGO takes into consideration all conditions up to the desired feature. This means more reliability at a higher speed.
Quickly from the measuring plan to the measuring results
The evaluation and reporting functions can be integrated to enable the flexible use of the measuring results. For example, CALIGO can create different views of feature evaluations (false color display, results banners) in the measurement plan and insert them into the measurement log. It is also possible to design the measuring log in accordance with corporate guidelines.
There is an easy transition from HOLOS to CALIGO: compatibility of the measuring plans is guaranteed. Measurement plans programmed in HOLOS can simply be imported into CALIGO and used there.
CALIGO integrates seamlessly into Carl Zeiss’ current software portfolio. With CALIGO, Carl Zeiss now offers very good software for any measuring application in freeform surface measuring to go along with CALYPSO®, the benchmark for standard geometries, and ACCTee Pro, the new software for forms and surfaces.
Furthermore, PiWeb is available for statistical evaluations, and the Master Control Center (MCC) for the cross-location monitoring of measuring machines and data archiving. These packages are compatible and can be chosen and configured to suit the customer’s requirements. This ensures that customers receive the best results.
A clearly structured user interface simplifies use of the software.
Carl Zeiss
The Carl Zeiss Group is a leading group of companies operating worldwide in the optical and opto-electronic industries that generates revenues totaling around EUR 2.1 billion (2008/09). Carl Zeiss offers innovative solutions for the future-oriented markets of Medical and Research Solutions, Industrial Solutions and Lifestyle Products. The Carl Zeiss Group has approximately 13,000 employees worldwide, including more than 8,000 in Germany. The Carl Zeiss business groups hold leading positions in their markets. Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, is fully owned by the Carl Zeiss Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation).
Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH belongs to the Industrial Metrology Group of the Carl Zeiss Group. Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology is a leading manufacturer of multidimensional metrology solutions such as coordinate measuring machines and metrology software for the automotive, aircraft, mechanical engineering and plastics industries. The company additionally offers a broad spectrum of customer services.
Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. Further sites are located in Germany, the USA and China—with a global workforce of just under 1,800 people.
Further information is available at www.zeiss.de/imt
Comprehensive Inspection of Round Parts With Carl Zeiss INSPECT Multi-sensor Measuring Machine
The O-INSPECT multi-sensor measuring machine from Carl Zeiss allows the very easy, very accurate and thus very efficient inspection of small and complex parts. It can be used in the electronics and plastics industries, for medical and automotive technology, and precision engineering. A rotary table is now available for O-INSPECT.
Rotary table increases effectiveness
The new rotary table developed specially for O-INSPECT can be mounted and removed by the measuring machine operator. The rotary table can be positioned both horizontally and vertically for added benefit. In particular, it enhances the effectiveness of the measurement of round parts which no longer have to be reclamped for the optical measurement. Simple stylus systems are sufficient for the contact measurement.
Optical measurement of a rotationally symmetrical plastic part with the new rotary table for the O-INSPECT multisensor measuring machine from Carl Zeiss.
The rotary table enables users to quickly and completely inspect parts. Mechanical influences are minimized as the measuring axes of the coordinate measuring machine are only subject to minimal movement with the rotary table. Schwan-STABILO, which manufactures cosmetic pens under the Schwan-STABILO Cosmetics name, has already had positive experiences with the new rotary table on O-INSPECT.
QA employee Markus Meier raves about the overall package of the new coordinate measuring machine: “We are keeping our O-INSPECT. Compared to other systems, the total package of hardware, software and service from Carl Zeiss is unbeatable.”
Four-in-one principle
O-INSPECT features a Four-in-one principle. It unites the best of optics with the best of contact measuring. In the past, four measuring machines were needed to manage the entire range of measuring applications: a profile projector, a measuring machine, a microscope and a contour measuring machine.
O-INSPECT covers all four areas, and simplifies and accelerates the entire measuring process.
Thanks to the multiple sensors on O-INSPECT, operators can alternate between optical and contact measurements in one measuring run. Optical measurements are performed using the 2D camera sensor with the image processing function contained in the Discovery zoom lens while contact measurements are the domain of the VAST® XXT scanning probe. Carl Zeiss developed both sensors, thus providing two of the best sensor technologies available.
In addition to the multiple sensors, CAD-based CALYPSO® measuring software enables extensive size, form and position measurements with systematic user guidance. The current version of the software even enables an immediate visual plan/actual comparison. A live camera image can be directly shown in the CAD model.
The new rotary table on O-INSPECT will be presented for the first time at the Control show at the beginning of May 2010.
AEROSPACE COMPONENT AND GEAR BOX MANUFACTURER, BRADLEY-THOMPSON TOOL COMPANY, INSTALLS NEW WENZEL CMM WITH SCANNING PROBE AND OPENDMIS® SOFTWARE
Markets served have been a renaissance for Southfield, Michigan-based Bradley-Thompson Tool Company, who in recent years has focused their precision machining know-how on the aerospace industry…in particular, complex gear box castings.
“We’ve been successful in carving out a niche for ourselves on specific parts like gear boxes, without having multi-million dollar machining centers to do it,” says Art Watson co-owner of Bradley-Thompson. What we do have is tremendous machining and toolmaking experience born out of many years of designing, building and manufacturing parts and machining systems for the automotive industry. What our global aerospace customers have been impressed with here, right on 8 mile road in Detroit, has been our ability to accurately and consistently produce their complex parts on time, at a reasonable cost, with the tolerances and specifications they require. Like many aerospace suppliers, we first became involved by manufacturing service parts which ultimately provided us the opportunity to quote on OE components. We are ISO9000 and AS9100 certified.”
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Measuring Technology in Web 2.0
Carl Zeiss Metrology Portal: global, Internet-based discussions and value-added services covering all aspects of measuring technology
In addition to a highly accurate measuring machine, the most important resources in measuring technology are the latest software and detailed application knowledge. Today, knowledge and software updates are increasingly exchanged via the Internet. Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology (IMT) has accompanied this development over the past 10 years with discussion forums and software downloads.
In order to meet the rising demands of measuring tasks, Carl Zeiss IMT has now created the Metrology Portal, thus considerably expanding the existing offering. The objective is to support customers in their daily measuring work and plans for future projects, and to increase their productivity.
The Metrology Portal provides beginners and experts with information for all areas of measuring technology. Furthermore, additional information is available to customers who have a software support agreement with Carl Zeiss. The Metrology Portal is unparalleled.
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In addition to a highly accurate measuring machine, the most important resources in measuring technology are the latest software and detailed application knowledge. Today, knowledge and software updates are increasingly exchanged via the Internet. Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology (IMT) has accompanied this development over the past 10 years with discussion forums and software downloads.
In order to meet the rising demands of measuring tasks, Carl Zeiss IMT has now created the Metrology Portal, thus considerably expanding the existing offering. The objective is to support customers in their daily measuring work and plans for future projects, and to increase their productivity.
The Metrology Portal provides beginners and experts with information for all areas of measuring technology. Furthermore, additional information is available to customers who have a software support agreement with Carl Zeiss. The Metrology Portal is unparalleled.
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Hexagon Metrology Unveils New Feature Rich Touch Screen Jogbox
Rugged Handheld Input Device for Brown & Sharpe and Sheffield Branded CMMs
Hexagon Metrology, Inc. announced the availability of the Universal Jogbox, a new handheld input device for Brown & Sharpe and Sheffield branded Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMMs) shipped from the North Kingstown, Rhode Island factory. Incorporating a modern touch screen interface with an ergonomic design and soft-touch materials, the Universal Job Box was designed first and foremost to be extremely tough, designed to withstand the rigors of industrial use with improved resistance to drops and similar shocks.
“Not only does the Universal Jogbox offer improved reliability and robustness, but we’ve also included many new features that will streamline the programming and operation of our Brown & Sharpe and Sheffield branded CMMs,” remarked Hexagon Metrology Product Manager, Eric Bennett. “From the layout of the touch screen interface to the new interaction features with our PC-DMIS measurement software, we’ve taken into consideration how our customers use the CMM and designed a handheld device that optimizes the workflow.”
Navigator Technology for CONTURA® G2
Faster, more accurate measurements with efficient navigator technology
MAPLE GROVE/Minnesota/USA – January 28, 2010.
Carl Zeiss is expanding its CONTURA® G2 product line. Already very popular with mid-sized companies, it now includes the very accurate and fast CONTURA® G2 navigator coordinate measuring machine. The dynamic navigator technology from Carl Zeiss delivers a considerable improvement to the scanning speed without sacrificing measuring accuracy. Quickly navigating from one feature to the next is now a given.
Delphi uses Aberlink's Axiom in EUI manufacture
An Axiom Too coordinate measuring machine (CMM) from Aberlink has helped an automotive-parts manufacturer tighten geometric tolerances between its EUIs. Delphi's Stonehouse, Gloucestershire facility makes electronic unit injectors (EUIs) for heavy-duty applications.
These help vehicle and engine manufacturers around the world to meet demanding emissions legislation. Delphi's advanced EUI comprises an individual camshaft-plunger pump for each cylinder, capable of delivering fuel at very high pressures (up to 2,500 bar).
These high injection pressures are absolutely essential to enable engines to meet current and future emissions legislation, but require incredible manufacturing tolerances - often in the sub-micron region. Delphi's EUI systems incorporate full electronic control, with pilot injection reducing noise. Ensuring optimum operation efficiency, sensors located around the engine feed a continuous stream of data to the engine control unit (ECU), which calculates the exact amount of fuel to be injected and the timing of its delivery.
An international truck manufacturer recently challenged Delphi Stonehouse to tighten the geometric tolerances on the interface between the EUIs from 100 to 30um. Exceeding drawing requirements and beyond the inherent capability of the processes involved, the new increased tolerance demanded a revaluation of the manufacturing and inspection methods. A manufacturing and inspection strategy was embarked upon for the high-volume injectors. An inspection bottle-neck was quickly identified as a major potential difficulty. In consultation with Chris Gay, one of the Delphi Stonehouse's preferred inspection-equipment suppliers, several potential gauging solutions were explored. Having deemed dedicated fixtures as being too inflexible, an ideal solution was found, in the Axiom Too Coordinate Measuring Machine from Aberlink.
Will Johnson, quality manager at Delphi Stonehouse, said: 'Within a two-week period, working closely with Delphi personnel, Aberlink ran injector measurement trials, made minor modifications to its software, successfully completed arduous RandR trials and installed two Axiom Too CNC CMMs within the Stonehouse facility.
'Mindful of the urgency of our requirements and to further expedite the procurement process, we took advantage of Aberlink's Lease Hire Scheme. 'As the Aberlink operator interface is relatively simple, we have enjoyed the benefits of a reduced training time, while the high speed of our new Aberlink CMMs will enable us to keep up with the current unit-inspection volume of 2000 units per week and our projected throughput of 3000 units,' he added.
Always at the forefront of CMM innovation, Aberlink has recently completed installation of several specialist machining centres at its worldwide headquarters in Gloucester. Every Aberlink CMM features a high-grade aluminium bridge incorporating premium-quality air bearings, ensuring optimum performance across a range of environments, including less than perfect shop-floor conditions.
Integration of the machine electronics into the CMM frame, rather than a separate desk unit, has resulted in Aberlink machines boasting the smallest footprint of any equivalent-sized machine. Aberlink's 3D measurement-software provides the user with a powerful yet easy to use interface, substantially increasing new users' component throughput.
Aberlink's flexible 3D metrology software package has been developed as a multi-platform solution. In addition to supporting both manual and CNC CMMs, it can also be used on portable arms, vision systems, video machines and profile projectors.
New Scan to 3D support for SolidWorks 2010!
Measurement based Reverse Engineering Tool for MRO with ReverseEngineering.com 2010
ReverseEngineering.com announced today that its newest product, ReverseEngineering.com 2010, measurement based reverse engineering and inspection software, has been optimized for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations. ReverseEngineering.com supports 64 bit supported CMM hardware under Windows 7 (WOW64).
ReverseEngineering.com 2010 is designed for feature measurement, inspection, and CAD-to-part comparison directly in Solidworks using popular 3D scanners , Laser Trackers and portable manual CMM arms.
ReverseEngineering.com 2010 is a Certified SolidWorks Gold OEM plug-and-play tool-set integrated with SolidWorks 2010 3D mechanical design software. Engineers and designers use SolidWorks with ReverseEngineering.com 2010 to capture and measure data from existing parts, while working directly within the SolidWorks environment. What this means is that you measure and digitize directly into a CAD system there is no translation or associated cost required.
ReverseEngineering.com 2010 is designed specifically to support the critical aspects of MRO.
Just some of the advanced features and capabilities of ReverseEngineering.com 2010 include:
• Pull-down menu, toolbar, and command manager integration
that provides an efficient user interface for measurement.
• Repeat Part datum alignment.
• Integrated Property Page Manager for quick data collection
configuration requirements.
• Integration between scan device, mouse, and the CAD system
• CAD system Feature Tree Management lets you organize
measured and nominal data.
• The ability to scan millions of points and create lock
plane and radial profiles for inspection with user-defined
plane tolerancing.
• On-Demand scan data database can be accessed anytime and
modified at anytime.
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