Product category:
Manufacturing dealerships, agencies and acquisitions
News Release from: Hexagon Metrology
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 April 2008
Universal 3D metrology software deal
signed
Hexagon Metrology SAS and InnovMetric Software have signed a partnership deal under which Hexagon will distribute PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software.
Hexagon Metrology SAS of Montoire, France, is to distribute the PolyWorks suniversal 3D metrology software platform for manufacturing applications, following a partnership deal signed with InnovMetric Software of Quebec, Canada Under the terms of this agreement, Hexagon Metrology SAS will distribute PolyWorks with Romer measuring arms and 3D digitising systems, throughout Hexagon's Romer Division in France
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
CMM promptly installed at automotive plant
Automotive plant is using a horizontal arm CMM to measure pre-production body panels on a major new model scheduled to launch at the Paris Motor Show later this year.
PC-DMIS 3.5 Adds Streamlined, Customizable GUI
PC-DMIS version 3.5 measurement and inspection software from Brown and Sharpe adds a fully configurable, more intuitive graphic user interface (GUI) for easier operation.
The agreement applies to all of Europe for the distribution of Hexagon Metrology SAS's systems.
The systems combine the Sigma arm's Family, the G-Scan or R-Scan scanner, and the PolyWorks software.
Director of Worldwide Sales at InnovMetric Software, Marc Boulanger, said about the deal: "We are proud of this agreement with Hexagon Metrology SAS, which will enable us to combine our 3D metrology software with the popular line of Romer arms and scanners manufactured in Montoire.
He continued: "This partnership will also allow Hexagon Metrology SAS to offer to its many customers in the automotive and aeronautic industries that own a Romer portable CMM the opportunity to add a G-Scan scanner and the PolyWorks software, and benefit from the various advantages of non-contact inspection using high-density point clouds".
At the Romer Factory of Hexagon Metrology SAS, its director, Romain Granger, commented: "The PolyWorks 3D metrology software has become the reference among the European manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive and aeronautic industries, thanks to its powerful point-cloud-based parts analysis tools.
This agreement also gives us access to the PolyWorks support team located in Paris, and it allows us to effectively complement our offer of portable CMMs to our targeted client base.".
• Hexagon Metrology: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Manufacturingtalk email newsletter
• Manufacturingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
