As the CMM programmer and operator for TMS Inc. job shop, Bruce Boucher must make certain the computer housings that his company makes for computer equipment manufacturers are accurate. "If they're ...

Manufacturers of supplier parts or complete products are increasingly encountering strict requirements across various industries, including aerospace, transportation, tooling, foundry and casting.

The decision to add a high-speed-scanning CMM should be based largely on what it does, not how much it costs. Measurement uncertainty drops dramatically as the number of data points increases.

The G-Scan's 6-axis arm and rotary laser scanner tackles inspection of a variety of parts and assemblies. A special mounting system allows the G-Scan and a contact probe to work together on a portable ...

Switching from coordinate-measuring machines (CMM) to a laser scanner let Infinity Products, Minneapolis (www.infinity-products.com), get its aftermarket instrument-panel overlays and video products ...

Creaform’s portable 3D measurement products have been used by EADS for several years, especially its MetraSCAN 3D optical CMM scanner and HandySCAN 3D handheld 3D scanner to scan tooling and ...

Higher productivity than traditional scanning is achieved through very short calibration times; very fast determination of size, form, and position; and precise measurements even with complex stylus ...

The new Renscan5 coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) from Renishaw Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill. (renishaw.com), uses a touch probe or stylus to make measurements at up to 500 mm/sec (or 4,000 data ...