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News Release from: Hexagon Metrology US | Subject: CMM - PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 June 2007
Portable and stationary CMM include
software
Hexagon Metrology has reached an agreement to include a PolyWorks software suite with portable and stationary CMMs purchased in North America.
InnovMetric Software and Hexagon Metrology have signed an agreement for the distribution of the PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software platform from InnovMetric Under this agreement, Hexagon Metrology will bundle PolyWorks software with industrial measuring systems from four of its core brands: Romer, Leica Geosystems, DEA and Brown and Sharpe sold in North America
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The agreement covers all of Hexagon's point cloud processing needs on Romer 'ScanShark' laser probe equipped portable measuring arms, plus Leica Laser Trackers and Leica T-Scan 3D digitizer systems.
Brown and Sharpe brand 'ScanShark' laser probe equipped Global bridge-type CMMs and DEA brand horizontal arm and gantry CMMs will also have a PolyWorks/Modeler option available.
The hardware and software combination allows manufacturers to quickly digitise parts and use the resulting point cloud data to inspect, reverse-engineer and perform other computer-aided engineering tasks such as finite element analysis, rapid prototyping, and computational fluid dynamics.
Manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, heavy equipment, and general engineering and manufacturing industries can benefit from this solution.
"This agreement represents a major business opportunity to partner with a world-leading supplier of stationary and portable CMMs and 3D laser scanners," said Marc Soucy, president of InnovMetric Software "In addition to the demand for new hardware systems, we have observed that retro-fitting of existing CMMs with laser scanners is also a key growing market.
Combining Hexagon's strong position in the 3D measurement technologies with our PolyWorks inspection and reverse engineering solution will enable both organisations to increase even further their respective market share in North America," he continued.
"We are very pleased to be able to introduce this range of non-contact scanning packages to the market," said Bill Gruber, president and CEO of Hexagon Metrology.
"PolyWorks has significant acceptance at many of our major OEM customers, most of which already own multiple Hexagon Metrology technologies such as portable and stationary CMMs.
The addition of PolyWorks for new equipment from Brown and Sharpe, DEA, Romer and Leica Geosystems, plus existing equipment upgrades represents a great benefit for our customers who wish to collect and analyse large amounts of free-form data.".
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