(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, recently announced the release of their latest 3-D measurement system, the FARO Laser Tracker ION.

The FARO Laser Tracker ION is the most advanced, state-of-the-art FARO Laser Tracker ever introduced. It is the most accurate laser tracker available based on the most common types of measurement applications. It also features a longer measurement range, lighter weight, and contains the fastest, most sophisticated distance measuring system—the Agile Absolute Distance Meter (aADM).

Specifically, the ION has improved the volumetric accuracy by 27 percent over the previous model to 0.002 in. (0.049 mm) at 33 feet (10 meters). The measurement diameter range has been extended 36 percent to 361 feet (110 meters), and the weight has decreased 12 percent to 39 lb (17.7 kg).

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