FARO's Exclusive SENSOR Probe by Renishaw Improves Productivity, Data Confidence
05 December 2007 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO), the world sales leader in
portable computer-aided measurement arms and laser trackers,
announced that its strategic alliance with Renishaw has produced
the FARO SENSOR, an advanced probe for measurement arms that
increases user productivity and confidence in results. "What makes
the FARO SENSOR probe unique is that data is taken only when in
contact with the part, unlike other probes that keep collecting
points even when the hard probe leaves the work piece," FARO
President and CEO Jay Freeland said. "That causes rework and
creates errors that have to be removed later. The FARO SENSOR
eliminates that wasted effort - including the guesswork as to which
points need to be deleted. Users will know without a doubt that
their measurements are more exact than ever." Exclusively developed
for the Quantum FaroArm, the FARO SENSOR is a contact-sensing rigid
probe that functions as three sensors in one to offer hard probe,
touch trigger and scanning capability. To operate, users simply
guide the SENSOR along the surface of the object to be measured.
Points are measured as soon as the probe contacts the surface,
eliminating the need to press capture buttons, as with other
probes. The Quantum's laptop computer simultaneously illustrates
the 3-D measurements on- screen and records all of the data. It
creates a 3-D "blueprint" of a part or machine component, making it
an all- in-one portable tool for performing inspections, tool
certification, CAD-to-Part analysis, and reverse engineering.
Drawing on Renishaw's metrology expertise, the innovative sensing
technology within the FARO SENSOR is also: -- Easy to use,
significantly reducing complexity of the measuring process by
minimizing operator influence -- Designed for durability to endure
day-to-day use in tough industrial environments -- Equipped with a
range of styli that allow it to accurately probe intricate and
hard-to-reach features Along with the new Laser ScanArm V3, the
FARO SENSOR probe makes its world debut at the 2007 EuroMold Show
in Frankfurt, Germany. About FARO With more than 14,600
installations and 7,000 customers globally, FARO Technologies, Inc.
designs, develops, and markets portable, computerized measurement
devices and software used to create digital models - or to perform
evaluations against an existing model - for anything requiring
highly detailed 3-D measurements, including part and assembly
inspection, factory planning and asset documentation, as well as
specialized applications ranging from surveying, recreating
accident sites and crime scenes to digitally preserving historical
sites. FARO's technology increases productivity by dramatically
reducing the amount of on-site measuring time, and the various
industry-specific software packages enable users to process and
present their results quickly and more effectively. Principal
products include the world's best-selling portable measurement arm
- the FaroArm; the world's best-selling laser tracker - the FARO
Laser Tracker; the FARO Laser ScanArm; FARO Laser Scanner LS; the
FARO Gage, Gage- PLUS and PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 family of
advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting software. FARO
Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory
registered. Learn more at http://www.faro.com/ About Renishaw For
over 30 years Renishaw, one of the world's leading metrology
companies, has supplied products to manufacturing companies
worldwide, all designed to increase productivity and improve
product quality in a competitive manufacturing environment. The
company has a wide product range and a customer base across a broad
spectrum of different industry sectors. Renishaw was best known for
its probe systems for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and CNC
machine tools, supplying many engineering companies in the sectors
of aerospace, automotive and precision piece-part manufacture.
However the company has successfully diversified into other product
areas, such as encoder systems for position feedback, dental
CAD/CAM systems, laser calibration products for machine performance
control, and Raman microscopes for spectral analysis of materials.
In the year to 30 June 2007, Renishaw generated revenue of 180.9
million pounds Sterling and profit before tax of 32.7 million
pounds. The Renishaw Group currently has 51 locations in 30
countries, with over 2,100 employees. More information at
http://www.renishaw.com/ DATASOURCE: FARO Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global PR Manager of FARO Technologies,
Inc., +1-407-333-9911, Web site: http://www.faro.com/
http://www.renishaw.com/
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