‘Touch Probe’

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Start with the news release Test point beads support circuit-board components from William Hughes, which we summarised at the time by saying "William Hughes has brought out test point beads for design and development engineers working on prototypes or small-quantity printed circuit-board production. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Atlet improves materials handling at Alliance from Atlet: "Alliance Flooring Distribution has improved materials handling performance at its main warehouse in Kidderminster by working closely with lift truck supplier Atlet. ".
 
In June 2009, we covered the news from Citizen Machinery UK - take a look at Citizen machines provide maximum productivity which says: "Citizen machines are playing a key role in Renishaw's continued quest to maximise machine utilisation and productivity while minimising changeover times. ".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Cimatron, Cimatron demonstrates latest CAD/CAM software, as well as Metastorm launches software solution for SAP from Metastorm, and Cimatron updates CimatronE CAD/CAM suite from Cimatron.
 

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Metris laser scanner speeds up Volvo development (June 2009)

Volvo Cars Gent is using the Metris Cross to accelerate development of its new Volvo XC60 crossover vehicle.

Peening machine expands Skills Inc's capability (June 2009)

Skills Inc, a supplier to aircraft manufacturers, has bought a Wheelabrator Inline peening machine, its second Wheelabrator purchase in three years.

Hawker uses Wheelabrator airblast peening system (June 2009)

A Wheelabrator automated airblast peening system was commissioned at Hawker Pacific Aerospace's Sun Valley facility in California in August 2008.

Laser scanner combines CMM and seven-axis arm (June 2009)

Hexagon Metrology has brought out a combination laser-scanning metrology package.

Horizon wiring analyser reduces testing times (June 2009)

Apex Wiring Solutions is using the Clare Horizon high-voltage wiring analyser to test the electrical safety of its units during the production process.

Fraser products inexpensively eliminate static (June 2009)

Fraser Anti-Static is offering passive static eliminators, which provide a low-cost method of eliminating static.

Tesastar-SM motorised CMM probe heads launched (June 2009)

Hexagon Metrology has announced the availability of the Tesastar-SM 80 and Tesastar-SM 60 motorised CMM probe heads for Brown and Sharp Global co-ordinate measuring machines.

Thermalpack prints multiple lines simultaneously (June 2009)

Norwood Marking Systems and Allen Coding Systems have introduced the Thermalpak traversing system for high-speed multi-line, multi-row printing.

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