FARO Wins Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award
21 January 2009 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKE MARY, Fla., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO, the world
leader in portable 3-D measurement and imaging technology,
announced that it has won the Defense Manufacturing Excellence
Award from the National Center for Advanced Technologies (NCAT).
The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM)
assembled a team to improve manufacturing methods for Naval
submarine tapers and carrier propulsion drive shafts. The team
consisted of the NCDMM, the Applied Research Laboratory of Penn
State University, and FARO. Their solution included developing an
advanced measurement system that dramatically reduced the
in-process and final inspection stages for the shafts. FARO adapted
the technology and software for the solution, which employed a FARO
Laser Tracker that accurately mapped the entire surface of each
taper while the shaft remained on the machine tool. The solution
reduced inspection time from 72 hours to 24 hours for a 66%
reduction over the previous method and easily transitioned to
multiple shafts and shipyards. The project resulted in more
consistent inspection processes, longer shaft life, elimination of
costly gauge masters, and increased flexibility to accommodate
design changes -- all of which resulted in reduced run times and
increased the shipyards cost savings up to $8 million. About FARO
With approximately 18,000 installations and 8,600 customers
globally, FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets
portable, computerized measurement & imaging 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 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 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. DATASOURCE: FARO
Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global PR Manager,
+1-407-333-9911, , of FARO Technologies, Inc. Web site:
http://www.faro.com/
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