FARO and Corvette Racing Shift into High Gear for Le Mans
11 June 2008 - 12:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKE MARY, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) the world leader in portable
computer-aided measurement hardware and software, has provided its
latest equipment in an effort to help the GTS-champion Corvette
Racing Team win the most grueling race of the season -- the 24
Hours of Le Mans, which takes place this weekend. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080610/CLTU004 ) Gary Pratt,
Vice president of Pratt & Miller said, "We use the Quantum
FaroArm, FARO Gage and FARO Laser ScanArm in order to design,
construct and analyze 'virtual' components, CFD (computational
fluid dynamics), systems, and complete cars -- every facet of a
project from initial conception to the finished product. The
combination of our team's expertise and FARO's portable,
computerized measuring technologies offers a total design solution,
so we have unmatched time and cost efficiencies, accuracy, and
performance." As the most successful team in American Le Mans
Series (ALMS) history, Corvette Racing, which is run by Pratt &
Miller on behalf of General Motors, has used FaroArms in the
design, quality control and race-specification compliance of their
vehicles; the Gage validates parts in their precision machine shop;
and the ScanArm reverse-engineers components. This allows the
company's engineers and technicians to accurately and efficiently
produce everything from small, individual components and
sub-assemblies to complete turnkey road and racecars. In 2001,
Corvette Racing earned major international success with an outright
victory in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, followed by a one-two
finish in the GTS class of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. Since
then, Corvette Racing has typically won nine of 10 ALMS races every
year since then, except in 2004. That year they were undefeated, as
they are thus far in 2008. About FARO With approximately 17,000
installations and 7,600 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 X and Xi; the FARO Laser ScanArm; FARO Photon Laser
Scanners; the FARO Gage, Gage-PLUS and PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 Q
family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting software.
FARO Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory
registered. Please visit http://www.faro.com/ for more information.
About Pratt & Miller Based in New Hudson, Michigan, Pratt &
Miller Engineering & Fabrication was founded in 1989 by Gary
Pratt and Jim Miller. Their aim was to create a world-class
engineering company that could take automotive-based programs all
the way from concept to reality. Since then, Pratt & Miller has
become a respected industry leader, providing automotive and
non-automotive clients with leading-edge engineering and low-volume
manufacturing solutions. They recognize that their employees are
their most valuable assets, and encourage development for the
future through internal incentives, apprenticeship training and
intern recruitment programs, and involvement in industry employment
initiatives. Learn more at http://www.prattmiller.com/
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080610/CLTU004
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ 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.prattmiller.com/
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