Hexagon Metrology announced the release of the Optiv Classic 443 tp, the newest model in the Optiv Classic series. Each unit comes touch probe-ready and includes a high-resolution CCD (charge-coupled device) camera for multi-sensor applications with micro- to nano-scale precision measurement requirements.The Classic 443 tp boasts a first term accuracy of 1.9 microns, making it […]
Coordinate Measuring Machine
Keyence VR 3000 series includes one-shot 3D measuring macroscope
Keyence has combined the optical design of their digital microscopes with the high-speed, high-accuracy measurement and 3D technology of their displacement gauges, to develop a macroscope that completes instant 3D measurements. The VR-3000 Series, One-Shot 3D Measuring Macroscope enables users to instantly perform accurate and repeatable non-contact profiles and measurements over a wide area. The […]
Renishaw wins sixteenth Queen’s Award for revolutionary measurement system
Renishaw announces that it has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in the Innovations category for its revolutionary REVO five-axis multi-sensor probing system. The REVO is used on co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) to significantly improve accuracy and throughput when inspecting complex parts including aero-engine blades, automotive cylinder blocks and many types of gears. This […]
Siemens Obtains Explosion-Proof Approvals for Sitrans Magnetic Flow Meters
Siemens has introduced the addition of FM Class 1 Division 1, Groups A, B, C and D, and FM Class 1, Zone 1 AEx d (ia) ia/IIC/T3-T6 approvals for the company’s half-inch to 12-inch line of Sitrans magnetic flow meters. For line sizes larger than 12 inches, Siemens is now offering sensors and transmitters that […]
Mitutoyo America launches redesigned website
Mitutoyo America Corporation announces the launch of the redesigned website. This new, value-added redesign supersedes the last update, undertaken in 2006, with a multitude of unique website features which will make browsing the Mitutoyo site much more productive and less time consuming. The updated Mitutoyo site was created using “responsive design” which allows the webpage […]
QUADRA-CHEK Metrology Software v2.96.2
HEIDENHAIN announces the latest version of their PC-based QUADRA-CHEK Metrology software providing advanced functionality for inspection measurement machines. This software makes it possible to conveniently perform 2-D and 3-D measuring tasks in the field of metrology when standard DRO products will not suffice. Labeled the IK5000 version 2.96.2, this powerful inspection package builds upon the […]
Mitutoyo’s MF/MF-U® Generation D measuring microscope
Mitutoyo America Corporation announces availability of new, generation D MF/MF-U® measuring microscopes. The new MF/MF-U® measuring microscopes offer the long working-distance objectives and sub-micron accuracy glass scales of previous models to which they add the following enhancements: Three-axis, motor-driven positioning with variable speed joystick control and collision prevention (Z axis) to reduce operator fatigue and […]
New Metrology Digital Readout For Manual Measurement Systems
The new ND 120 QUADRA-CHEK metrology digital readout (DRO) from HEIDENHAIN is designed specifically for manual measuring machines such as optical comparators and measuring microscopes. As an offshoot of HEIDENHAIN’s ND 1200 QUADRA-CHEK, the ND 120 offers most of the functionality but at a lower price point. It supports two- to three-axes with the third […]
Designing Superior Weighing Systems to Improve Safety and Control Costs
In industries from mining and manufacturing to construction, transportation, and agriculture, the need to weigh or measure inputs, outputs, and applied force has grown in recent decades to improve production safety and control costs. What follows is a quick primer on what design engineers need to know about measuring weight or force with load cells, […]
Quick Vision® WLI supports both vision and high accuracy 3D measurement in one machine
Mitutoyo America Corporation announces release of the new Quick Vision® WLI vision measuring machine. Besides an optical vision head, the Quick Vision® WLI also incorporates a white light interferometer (WLI) head. Together these heads enable high accuracy performance of non-contact vision plus non-contact 3D measurement of high aspect-ratio minute form (Z = Sub µm ~ […]
