is always the mission of innovation and technology. Another innovation is the Blueprint Reporting function. Measured features are graphically represented and dimensions, and angles and lengths can be touch-extracted and represented in a similar manner to a part blueprint allowing a rapid analysis of measured parts. Our benchmarking has also shown Touch- DMIS to be six to eight times more productive than traditional metrology software. ME: How soon will TouchDMIS be available and what CMM builders plan to use it? Hrivna: The software is now available, released in late
October. We are an independent software company and TouchDMIS is available to be delivered with all new portable and CNC CMMs through cooperation and partnership with the hardware OEMs. In addition, we see a huge market upgrad- ing existing installed CMMs with our ‘walk-up-and-measure’ functionality. We can turn an existing aging CMM into a state- of-the-art measuring center. Manual TouchDMIS upgrade with
TouchDMIS software features a Measurement Wizard that automatically measures features under inspection, offering true touch-less CMM inspection.
TouchCAD is under $7500, making user access to this new technology extremely affordable. ME: What other developments are coming? Hrivna: From a hardware perspective, we have introduced a wireless controller card allowing tablet technology to be
STRAIGHT FORWARD WE ARE
Speed Inspection with the Easy-to-Use ROMER Absolute Arm With no warm-up time or homing procedures, operators can start scanning right away. Because the Absolute Arm has the ability to recognize probe changes, requalifi cation of probes is eliminated. Use the integrated RS2 laser scanner for wireless scanning up to 50,000 points per second.
Visit
www.HexMet.us/me1213 or call 800.218.7125 for more information. We are Hexagon Metrology.
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