ROMER Absolute Arm now up to 23% more accurate

Hexagon Metrology’s Portable Measuring Arm has been revised and offers higher accuracy with new SmartLock technology.

The ROMER Absolute Arm is now up to 23% more accurate compared to the previous versions. With point repeatability values from 0.016 mm, the ROMER Absolute Arm is the most accurate portable measuring arm that Hexagon Metrology has ever produced. “Due to design improvements, the new revision enables especially the longer arm types to reach significantly higher accuracies than before” says Pirmin Bitzi, Product Manager for Portable Measuring Arms.

With the new ROMER Absolute Arm, Hexagon Metrology is also introducing SmartLock. This locking mechanism safely locks the arm in its rest position for added security. In addition, users can lock the arm in any intermediate position for measuring in tight spaces.

Hexagon Metrology is also releasing a new specific ROMER Absolute Arm variant for tube inspection applications. These ROMER tube inspection arms feature a measurement volume of 2.5 or 3.0 m, a special gas shock and a tube measurement stand to make tube and hose measurement as easy as possible.

The new ROMER Absolute Arm is available immediately and was recently demonstrated at the CONTROL show in Stuttgart, Germany  +more...

Imatech, uses the latest 3D Hand-Held Laser Scanning Technology to Monitor Corrosion, Condition and Component Wear at Remote Mine-Sites

Imatech (International Materials and Technology Pty. Ltd) was incorporated in 1994 by the founder and current managing director, Warwick Rule. Warwick's work experience convinced him that there were great opportunities for advanced materials for the protection of process equipment in industry. After focused market research into the best available materials technologies worldwide, Warwick signed a distribution agreement with A.W. Chesterton Company, USA for representation of their Advanced Reinforced Composites (ARC) and Technical Maintenance Products in New South Wales, Australia and Imatech was born.

In March 2011 Imatech’s business development manager for the Imatech Engineered Solutions, Malcolm Greenacre, saw a growing need for portable measuring and scanning equipment in order to be able to collect data in the field for maintenance and repair work.   Some of the Imatech team members had previous experience with hand-held laser scanning systems and knew that the ZScanner 800 system would be ideal for projects where they have to go to remote mine sites +more...

Would you Benefit from being able to Integrate all Aspects of your Design to Manufacturing Process?

Have you ever had to reverse engineer a part?

Do you have legacy components or designs which do not have assembly instructions or maintenance manuals?

Do you need to speed up your manufacturing processes?

Have you ever wanted to integrate your design through manufacturing process to eliminate rework and reduce time?

Let us show you how a Romer portable arm and SolidWorks can provide the integration needed to have an efficient end-to-end design and manufacturing solution.

This event will showcase the latest in laser scanning and CAD/ CAM technologies. Come and see how a Romer portable arm with integrated scanner can rapidly and accurately collect the data, how PolyWorks can be used to accurately interpret your point cloud data, how SolidWorks can then validate and complete your design at the same time as 3DVIA Composer can be used to track changes automatically, and how SolidCAM provides full toolpath associativity to the SolidWorks model for manufacturing.

The program:

• 9:00 - 9:30am   Welcome Introduction and outline of the event
• 9:30 - 10.00am  Using the Romer arm and PolyWorks software to scan a component for Reverse Engineering
• 10:00 – 10:30am SolidWorks 3D CAD software will be used to import the scanned file and modifications made with FEA testing done. 3DVIA Composer will be used to create and update technical documentation
• 10:30 – 11:00am SolidCAM will be used to translate the modifications to a tooling path
• 11:00am – Midday Q & A and open session for customers to meet vendors. Refreshments to be served