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(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- ROMER, the originator of portable measuring arms, and part of Hexagon Group, has launched the CMS108, a high-precision, noncontact laser scanner available for its portable coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). The newest option in ROMER’s laser…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic, the leading provider of 3-D software for creating digital models of physical objects, launched its new multi-lingual website on July 20, 2011. The site features the Geomagic Community, enabling people to
share their 3-D scan data processing…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, along with the University of South Florida (USF) are partnering to provide terrestrial laser-scanning training to purchasers of FARO laser scanners. The partnership marks a…
(Metrologic Group: Meylan, France) -- Metrologic Group specializes in 3-D inspection software solutions, and in the design and manufacture of dimensional control systems. Its software is provided with 3-D measuring equipment. For more than 12 years, the Metrologic Group has equipped the coordinate…
(Rapidform Inc.: Lakewood, CO) -- INUS Technology has exceeded internal sales expectations yet again with its worldwide revenue for the first half of 2011, beating results from H1 2010 by more than 33 percent. Following the company’s best Q1 sales in its 13-year history, this H1 achievement is a…
(SURVICE: Belcamp, MD) -- On June 24, 2011, the Susquehanna Workforce Network recognized Belcamp-based SURVICE Engineering Co. as the Harford County Business Winner of the 2011 Donald E. Thomey Workforce Leadership Award. The award was presented at the organization’s 28th annual meeting at the…
(Exact Metrology: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology, a full-service metrology solutions company, has recently received ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management systems. This certification verifies that the key processes Exact Metrology uses to deliver contract measurement services as…
(Sokkia Corp.: Olathe, KS) -- The SHC236 data collector from Sokkia Corp., a leading manufacturer of precision measurement systems, is designed with advanced technology features for handheld data collection.
“The SHC236 is a powerful handheld data collector with all the features needed to…
(Laser Design Inc.: Minneapolis) -- The National Park Service’s Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Idaho contains the largest concentration of Hagerman Horse (Equus simplicidens) fossils in North America. It is nationally and internationally significant for its world-class paleontological…
(Third Dimension: Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom) -- The new headquarters for Third Dimension, a world leader in supplying noncontact optical metrology solutions to the global manufacturing industry, were formally opened on June 24, 2011, by the Right Honorable Jack Lopresti, the Member of…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society announced that its annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) 2011 attracted more than 400 professionals in the precision 3-D measurement and inspection field. Manufacturers, engineers, scientists, quality control specialists,…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has announced its final schedule of events for the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) scheduled for July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference will kick off with…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced the immediate availability of their new white light measurement products in North America. The manual measurement system CognitensWLS400M and the automated measurement system CognitensWLS400A replace all former white…
(DIS: Detroit) -- Dynamic Intelligent Solutions LLC (DIS) has launched its innovative, ChamberCam process, which provides dynamic, 3-D measurement of components under extreme climatic conditions.
The ChamberCam system combines photogrammetry hardware and software with current thermal management…
(Hubbs Machine and Manufacturing Inc.: Cedar Hill, MO) -- As successful business innovators across industry know, customers drive markets. Renowned innovator Hubbs Machine and Manufacturing offers another example of this truism with an impressive new product born directly from a customer…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a global leader in providing portable measurement and imaging solutions, has introduced the FAROEdgeandLaserLineProbe, the most advanced, state-of-the-art FaroArm system ever produced.
The FARO Edge is a portable measurement arm that allows…
(Nikon: Leuven, Belgium) -- Nikon Metrology introduces CAMIO7, featuring a new metrology software interface that redefines 3-D tactile and laser CMM inspection. With fewer mouse clicks and instant access to programming functions from a single ribbon toolbar, the programming experience is both…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced it will conduct a large-scale, interactive measurement study during the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The study…
(InnovMetric: Quebec City, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software’s version 12 of PolyWorks incorporates the new DirectReplay technology that dramatically simplifies multipiece inspection tasks performed with any point-cloud digitizer or tactile probing device.
Most metrology products offer teaching…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic, a leading 3-D reverse-engineering and inspection software developer, has launched its Wrap OEM Edition software for integrated scan-to-3-D solutions. The new software is a special version of Geomagic Wrap and delivers fast, 3-D polygonal models…
(API: Rockland, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API) has announced that Mitch Schefcik has joined its staff as director of business development. Schefcik has a long career in remote sensing technology, 3-D laser scanning, building information modeling (BIM), forensic metrology, and precision…
If there is a common personality trait among metrologists, it is that we love to argue our point. In the true spirit of “everyone is entitled to my opinion,” lively debate is always present when you get more than one of us in a room together. It is probably why I personally ended up in this…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has chosen 26 technical white papers to be presented at its annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), scheduled for July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Technical paper submissions…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has released the submission guidelines for its Academic Poster Presentation Session at the 2011 Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), which is being held in Phoenix, July 25–29, 2011.
The intention of the Academic Poster…
(Hexagon Metrology: Cobham, Surrey, U.K.) -- The race is on for who will manufacture 1,000 mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Cranfield University in the United Kingdom, with the aid of high-accuracy measurement systems from Hexagon Metrology, has begun work on…
