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News Release from: Hexagon Metrology Europe, Romer | Subject: PowerINSPECT 4315 software upgrade
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 August 2007
Portable coordinate measuring software
upgraded
Upgraded software for portable coordinate measuring machines has graphical user interface for training and easier use, and a color-coded scheme for points to be measured.
Romer has introduced a PowerINSPECT 4315 software upgrade for portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) users under warranty or participating in Romer's software maintenance programme The new software release delivers ease-of-use enhancements, support for multi-axis On-Machine Verification, and compatibility with the AIMS Metrology System implemented by leading aerospace manufacturers
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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PowerINSPECT 4315 (Delcam PLC) has a new graphical user interface to promote ease of use and streamlined inspection training.
It also introduces a color-coded scheme for points to be measured.
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This interactive 'bouncing ball' method guides the operator through the inspection process and enables the user to easily reproduce an inspection sequence developed by another operator.
The software has been expanded to include a multi-axis option for On-Machine Verification.
Using a Romer portable CMM and PowerINSPECT, manufacturers with 4- to 6-axis machining equipment can perform verification during and after machining of complex parts.
Operators can check undercut regions without having to reposition the workpiece, and inspect deep features with shorter, more accurate probes.
Compatibility with the AIMS Metrology Systems allows PowerINSPECT to seamlessly share CAD data, inspection plans, and measurement results with other measurement platforms.
The AIMS integration enables users to easily compare data acquisition results obtained with PowerINSPECT with any legacy data collected by older and sometimes out-of-use inspection systems.
Romer customers can obtain the PowerINSPECT upgrade via a free download using an FTP server.
The software is approximately 4MB in size.
Download instructions can be obtained by sending an email to the Romer Technical Support team.
A CD version of the upgrade is also available upon request.
Romer Technical Support is also the primary contact for customers with questions about upgrade eligibility or expired software maintainance agreements.
* About Romer - Romer Incorporated, a Hexagon Metrology company, markets and manufactures high accuracy 3D portable coordinate measurement systems for the industrial marketplace.
Since 1990, the company has provided innovative and dependable portable metrology solutions for aerospace, automotive, heavy machinery, and general engineering industries.
Romer's corporate headquarters is located at the Hexagon Metrology Precision Center in Wixom, Michigan, USA.
The company provides contract inspection, customer support, technical services and product training at this facility.
* About Hexagon Metrology - Hexagon Metrology serves the high precision measurement and inspection needs of Worldwide manufacturers with its extensive line of metrology hardware, software, accessories, and customer services.
The company's name-brand portfolio of quality assurance products include Brown and Sharpe, Leica Geosystems, Romer, Sheffield, PC-DMIS, DEA, Leitz, and TESA.
Hexagon Metrology has an unrivaled installed base of more than 1.5 million handheld, stationary and portable measurement devices, and over 30,000 seats of PC-DMIS metrology software.
The company is a subsidiary of Hexagon Measurement Technologies, a business unit of Hexagon AB (Nacka Strand, Sweden), a publicly-traded company (Stockholmsborsen: HEXA B).
The Hexagon group consists of nearly 8,200 employees located in 30 countries.
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