(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Brown & Sharpe, a brand of Hexagon Metrology Inc., announced that it will debut the ONE Shop Floor CMM outfitted with the ScanShark 4Vix laser line scanning probe in Booth 16021 at the FABTECH 2009 Exhibition at McCormick Place in Chicago, from November 15–18. The ONE from Brown & Sharpe is a versatile shop floor coordinate measuring machine (CMM) that can be equipped with touch-trigger continuous contact scanning, and now with noncontact laser scanning sensors, all powered by the de facto industry standard PC-DMIS metrology software.

The ScanShark V4ix laser line scanning probe enables rapid dimensional data collection—up to 23,000 points per second—and is used to quickly acquire precise dimensional data from all kinds of surfaces, especially complex freeform, flexible, fragile, or soft-bodied parts. Class-leading dynamic range and advanced filtering technology make the ScanShark sensors impervious to ambient shop floor lighting conditions.

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