(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw, a world leader in measuring and manufacturing systems, has launched its latest pioneering solution for shop-floor process control, the Equator–X 500 dual-method system. It brings unique capabilities to manufacturers around the world, enabling them to select the optimum inspection method—Absolute or Compare—for their process challenge, effectively deploying two systems in one.

The Equator-X system has been designed to address the challenges for shop floors where product variety and frequent design changes require measurement systems that are able to provide speed, flexibility, and ease of use to keep pace with machining capabilities.

Key benefits:
• Increased throughput, with high-speed measurement that increases inspection capacity
• Fully traceable in-process verification of parts on the shop floor, continuous validation of the production process
• Flexibility to select the optimal measurement method for each application with a single device

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