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News Release from: Faro UK
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 September 2007
Aircraft tooling firm orders laser
tracking units
The Boeing Company for Commercial Airplanes Tooling has ordered 15 FARO Laser Tracker Xi units that accurately measure large parts, tooling and machinery.
The Boeing Company for Commercial Airplanes Tooling in the Puget Sound area has ordered 15 FARO Laser Tracker Xi units FARO president and CEO Jay Freeland said, in a report sent to Manufacturingtalk: "Boeing now has 41 total FARO Trackers in the area, including those being used on Integrated Defense Systems programmes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The FARO Laser Tracker is a portable, three-dimensional measurement system that uses laser technology to effectively and accurately measure large parts, tooling and machinery within its 230ft (70m) range.
Set on a tripod, it operates by bouncing a beam off a movable, reflective target that is guided along the surface to be measured.
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By simultaneously measuring two angles and the distance, the FARO Tracker can pinpoint the position of the target to an accuracy of up to 0.001in (0.03mm).
As a user moves the target from one location to another, the device tracks its location and records position points, compiling a 3D image of the object as a digital file in the software of its laptop computer.
If, at any point, the beam between the Tracker and target is interrupted, its XtremeADM feature instantly reacquires the laser beam and continues measuring.
Besides its many applications at Boeing divisions around the country and other aerospace companies, FARO Laser Trackers are also used in many other industries for tasks where large-scale, high-precision measurement is needed, including aligning robotic assemblies.
* About FARO - with more than 13,500 installations and 6,500 customers globally, FARO Technologies, Incorporated, designs, develops, and markets portable, computerized measurement 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 sites 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 following.
* 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 Laser Scanner LS.
* The FARO Gage, Gage-PLUS and PowerGAGE.
* The CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting software.
FARO Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory registered. Request free introductory details about products from Faro UK ...
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