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News Release from: Wenzel UK | Subject: 'Scan and Go' compact laser line scanner
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2008
Compact laser line scanner is economical
Wenzel UK said that its 'Scan and Go' compact laser line scanner is a very economical way to scan and process work piece data for reverse engineering or comparison with nominal CAD files.
Wenzel UK launched its innovative 'Scan and Go' compact laser line scanner and its associated Pointmaster software at the UK's MACH 2008 machine tool exhibition last week Wenzel told manufacturingtalk that the 'Scan and Go' is an extremely economical means to non contact scan and process work piece data for reverse engineering or comparison with nominal CAD files
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fully integrated into the 'Scan and Go' system is the Pointmaster software package that produces surface models or compares the point clouds with nominal CAD data.
Wenzel said that 'Scan and Go' does all this work at less than half the price of its competitors.
UK and Ireland sales manager at Wenzel UK, Martin Hawkins, said: "'Scan and Go' is a 'milestone' on non contact scanning, it provides both the hardware and all of the associated software at an extremely competitive price, but with a host of technological benefits".
Wenzel UK's managing director, Andy Woodward, said that 'Scan and Go' will enable a greater range of customers to access this technology that has so far been very cost prohibitive.
* About Wenzel UK - the UK company is part of the German Wenzel Metrology Group.
Wenzel is the only family-run metrology business and is headed jointly by Frank Wenzel and Dr Heike Wenzel-Dafler.
The company has 10 locations worldwide.
Wenzel is synonymous with engineered quality, with granite as the main material of manufacture and has over 40 years of experience in producing hand finished coordinate measuring machines (CMM) and precision gear checking machines.
Innovation coupled with first class customer service has been the 'benchmark' for Wenzel and enables the group to produce superior quality measurement systems in a very cost efficient manner.
Wenzel now employs nearly 500 staff and turned over just over EUR 60 million in 2007.
Wenzel customers range from the large automotive groups such as BMW, VW and Audio as well as Rolls Royce and Bentley Motors in the UK.
Wenzel supplies the full range of metrology equipment from small CMMs to large gantry machines as well as large sheet metal machines and a full range of gear checking machines.
Metromec, based in Switzerland, provides the software for the range of Wenzel machines.
Wenzel UK is now located in Gloucester, headed by UK managing director Andy Woodward.
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