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The GTMA is hosting its fourth ‘Make Measurement Matter Roadshow’ at The Digital Lab at Warwick University on 15th
September
2010 from 9.30am to 4pm. The one day event will focus on 30 of the top metrology companies in the UK who are key participants in creating successful engineering solutions for all key industry sectors. The programme includes keynote speakers Chris Biddle, head of the Manufacturing Systems Centre of Competence at Rolls-Royce, Arthur David, director of the SMMT Industry Forum and Dr Mark Williams from Warwick University. The day will be made
complete with free parking, free
refreshments including a buffet lunch and a ticket for the prize draw of a Morgan 4/4 sports car for the weekend if interested parties register online. On 30 individual stands, visitors will be able to witness a wealth of metrology and gauging products from many of the industry’s leading players. A selection is listed below: Yorkshire Precision Gauges
(YPG) will be presenting a selection of products from its extensive range of reversible plug gauges, bore gauges, adjustable snap gauges, ring gauges, gauge blocks, screw plug and screw ring gauges. As a member of the Bowers Metrology Group, Bowers UK supplies UK industry with a range of high quality precision measuring equipment. According to the company, customers benefit from the one stop shop nature of its centralised sales, service,
training and customer support for the complete range of Bowers, Moore & Wright, Baty International, CV Instruments and special bore gauging systems. Wenzel UK, part of the
Wenzel Group is a family-owned provider of metrology systems including CMM’s, gear checking machines, industrial CT machines and non-contact scanning systems. At the roadshow, the company will showcase its MobileScan3D CNC non-contact scanning system.
Vision Engineering has designed and manufactured optical inspection and non- contact measurement systems in the UK since 1958. The product range is designed with patented optical technology to combine high resolution colour images and excellent depth perception, with ergonomic comfort and ease of use.
MM Live 2010 conference programme finalised
The organiser of MM Live – the micro and precision manufacturing event – has announced that the 2010 Micro Manufacturing Conference Programme has now been finalised. Following the launch of the Micro Manufacturing seminars in 2008, and the successful transition into a full two day conference programme in 2009, the 2010 Micro Manufacturing conference has again attracted some of the industry’s most prominent and influential experts to present. Taking place from 19-20 October at the Ricoh Arena,
Coventry, this years’ conference is again dedicated to the ever growing and changing world of micro and precision
manufacturing by focusing on the key industry sectors which are pushing the micro boundaries ever further. Dedicated sessions will take place across the two days on micro machining, laser micro manufacturing, micro moulding and micro inspection. Day one of the conference will kick off with a keynote address from Professor Dragos Axinte, the director of Rolls-Royce UTC in Manufacturing Technology at the University of Nottingham. Professor Axinte will present a
paper titled ‘3D micro-texturing of diamond structures: from fabrication techniques to opportunities in developing innovative micro-products’. The paper looks at how diamond structures are currently under utilised in industrial applications and will discuss his findings and provide examples of innovative applications of diamond 3D micro-features for the development of high value- added micro-products – from tooling, electronics and medical/sensing applications to the jewellery industry.
Brent Hahn from Accumold will present the keynote address
on day two, with a key focus on ‘Material Selection with an Eye on Micro Moulding’.
A further array of speakers will follow who have been especially selected due to their knowledge and experience within the different sectors of the micro and precision manufacturing industry. The list includes: Arthur Turner, Rainford Precision Machines; J. Rhett Mayor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Walter Maurer, Waterjet AG;
Natalie Salk, Fraunhofer Institut; Ben Whiteside, Polymer Micro and Nano Technology School of Engineering, Design and Technology, University of Bradford; Reinhard Danzl, Alicona Imaging GmbH; Nadeem Rizvi, Laser Micromachining; and Alexy Karenowska, Oxford University.
Attendance to the MM Live exhibition and conference is completely free of charge. For the full conference programme and pre-registration details, interested parties are invited to visit the exhibition website.
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For over 35 years, Renishaw’s innovations have helped shape the development of coordinate measuring machines, from basic touch trigger probes through to automated stylus and probe changers, motorised indexing probe heads, and most recently the Revo 5-axis measurement system. The company has also been one of the leading pioneers of in-process measurement on CNC machine tools. Demonstrations at the GTMA event will include a new wireless ballbar for machine tool performance testing. Delcam supplies software and services that help companies to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce leadtimes. Its hardware independent PowerINSPECT program combines the ability to work with all types of inspection device with a comprehensive range of inspection routines for
making simple measurements, inspecting geometric features and for checking complex surfaces. Tesa Technology UK, part of the Hexagon Group, offers a large range of Swiss manufactured metrology instruments and systems. It provides simple to use, high quality products that are designed for shopfloor use as well as the laboratory environment. The product portfolio includes calipers, micrometers, dial test indicators in both digital and analogue form, digital height gauges and CMMs.
A member of the TRAC Group, TRAC Measurement Systems provides a comprehensive range of inspection and testing services and equipment to the industry. Its environmentally controlled UKAS laboratory offers calibration/inspection and reverse engineering services using a wide scope of high quality measuring equipment ranging from four high specification CMMs through to geometrical inspection devices. Specialising in gauging, data collection, SPC and quality management systems, ASI DataMyte UK has 30 years experience in dimensional measurement technology. Carl Zeiss is a CMM technology leader. Its product line ranges from horizontal arm and bridge type measuring machines to form, contour and surface measuring instruments. Showcasing a range of its
products at the roadshow will be developer of computer aided coordinate measurement devices and software, Faro. Roadshow highlights will include the new software version for the FaroArm and Laser Tracker – CAM2 Q.
Heidenhain develops and manufactures linear, angle and rotary encoders, digital
readouts, and numerical controls for demanding positioning tasks. For many metrology applications, ranging from simple measuring stations to complex inspection systems with multiple measuring points, Heidenhain can provide the appropriate digital readouts or PC solutions.
When the issue is metrology, Hexagon has all bases covered. Hexagon Metrology is part of the Hexagon AB Group and includes leading metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, CogniTens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h Inprocess Messtechnik, Optiv, PC-DMIS, QUINDOS, ROMER, Sheffield and TESA. Mahr measuring instruments – from calipers to optical CMMs – are used for measuring minute length, form and surface deviations on workpieces in diverse industry sectors such as automotive, medical, mechanical, precision and optical engineering industries, as well as in science and research.
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