As the CMM programmer and operator for TMS Inc. job shop, Bruce Boucher must make certain the computer housings that his company makes for computer equipment manufacturers are accurate. "If they're ...

The new Renscan5 coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) from Renishaw Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill. (renishaw.com), uses a touch probe or stylus to make measurements at up to 500 mm/sec (or 4,000 data ...

Higher productivity than traditional scanning is achieved through very short calibration times; very fast determination of size, form, and position; and precise measurements even with complex stylus ...