Brown & Sharpe TESA Goes Global with MultiGage CMM for Today's Machine Shop

North Kingstown, RI - September 8, 2008 - Brown & Sharpe TESA, a Hexagon Metrology company, announced today the company will brand and market the TESA MultiGage to its worldwide distribution channels for industrial metrology products. The new MultiGage is a portable, precision CMM with a 1.2 m measuring volume ideal for quality control applications on the machine shop floor. The six-axis MultiGage is used to measure molds, parts, tooling, castings, and more. Its quick-mount system enables a quick setup for on-demand inspection of parts or assemblies on a machine tool or any location on the shop floor. The product can be seen at the Hexagon Metrology booth D4303 at IMTS 2008, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, from September 8 - 13, 2008.

The new TESA MultiGage's plug-and-play probes and ultra-intuitive software interface translate to a fast learning curve for operators. Detailed measurement reports are generated automatically. The MultiGage starts with the functionality of a 3D height gage and packs on a multitude of new features and high accuracies. The CMM can do the job of many handheld tools, and streamlines the workspace of the small job shop.   

“We are excited to introduce the revolutionary TESA MultiGage to machine shops around the world," states Marcel Bila, Sales and Marketing Manager, TESA Worldwide. "It is the perfect upgrade path for owners looking to replace old techniques with a simple-to-use solution for inspection and measurement of part features and geometric shapes of all complexities."

Features Abound on TESA MultiGage

With the TESA MultiGage, machine shops now have access to the same capabilities found in a metrology lab. MultiGage can be mounted directly onto a machine tool, and the user can inspect parts without removal. After each part inspection, the software automatically generates detailed measurement reports. Operators are not required to have metrology knowledge.

TESA MultiGage's counterweight design eliminates operator fatigue and assures the same high accuracy over the full range of measurements. A new ergonomic wrist with intuitive and easy-to-reach buttons is comfortable to use, and increases operator productivity.

Using TESA Swiss-made multi-wire connectors, the system's automatic probe recognition feature is combined with a highly proven, robust kinematic joint connection. MultiGage electronic probes are automatically recognized and identified by the software requiring no recalibration of probes when changing from probe to probe.

About Brown & Sharpe TESA

Brown & Sharpe TESA is a leading Swiss manufacturer of vision measuring systems, manual coordinate measuring machines, non-contact measuring systems, height gages, and hand-held precision measuring instruments. For more than 60 years, TESA has combined high technology, research and development, practical engineering, and ultra-modern manufacturing processes to design measuring instruments that offer high accuracy, dependability and durability in the most demanding operations. For more information, visit http://brownandsharpe.com/precision-hand-tools/index .

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 & Sharpe, CogniTens, 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. More information is at www.HexagonMetrology.us

The company is a subsidiary of Hexagon Measurement Technologies, a business unit of Hexagon AB (Nacka Strand, Sweden), a publicly-traded company (OMX Nordic: HEXA B). The Hexagon group consists of  nearly 8,200 employees located in 30 countries.