(Aicon: Braunschweig, Germany) -- A separate measuring system for each measuring task; this philosophy is a thing of the past. Today, due to economic reasons, measurement equipment must be versatile. AICON’s answer to this requirement is the new system concept MoveInspect Technology for the measurement of 3-D coordinates. MoveInspect Technology  premiered at the EuroMold show in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Dec. 2–5.

MoveInspect Technology is based on a unique modular system that allows the user to combine individual components, such as sensor, probe, and computer, with the appropriate software to meet the exact requirements of a measurement task. Thus MoveInspect Technology masters an abundance of measuring tasks with just one system. For future measuring tasks, the purchase of completely new systems becomes superfluous as the user merely needs to add other components from the MoveInspect Technology product line to the current system. This combination of versatility and efficiency is absolutely unique in the market of 3-D measurement systems.

The software and handling concept of all MoveInspect Technology configurations are standardized. The systems’ intuitive user-interface guarantees that the operator can quickly set up a measuring system for each measuring task. No time-consuming calibration is necessary, and neither are long warm-up times. Even in the basic version of the standard software platform, a wide range of functions are available for project administration, coordinate evaluation, and reporting.

Beyond that, all MoveInspect Technology components are transportable, making it simple to take the measuring machine to any site location for direct application. The individual configurations cover a wide range of applications: The systems will measure parts from a few millimeters up to many meters in size. MoveInspect Technology is applicable for probing, tracking, and targeting, and solves both static and dynamic measurement tasks. In case of dynamic measurements, movements can be acquired with a frequency of up to 1,000 Hz while measuring an infinite number of points over a variably long period of time. Fast analyses deliver the basis for direct, on-site decisions, e.g., for corrections in running production.