Talking Points

Quality Digest recenty visited our precision center in North Kingstown, RI and spoke with Jim Flanagan, our program manager for refurbished CMMs. Host Dirk Dusharme discussed with Jim what makes buying a used refurbished CMM from Hexagon Metrology totally different from buying a used cmm from an equipment auction or from Ebay.     /*!CDATA[*/ wistiaEmbed = Wistia.embed("050d614ead", { videoWidth: "640", videoHeight: "360", controlsVisibleOnLoad: true }); Wistia.plugin.postRo...

We'd like to introduce you to the Brown & Sharpe 4.5.4 SF, the latest generation of shop floor CMMs. Based on  extensive experience with three previous generations of shop floor machines, customer feedback, and thousands of units in the field, we've created our latest product with all the things that made our prior products great, and added some new ones that make the 4.5.4 SF even better. See the SF in person at upcoming shows MFG4 in Hartford and of course the Hexagon 2012 user conference in...

Software to streamline product development into a drawing-free process is the next generation of 3D CAD capabilities. It simplifies manufacturing operations to greatly improve inspection processes. Historically, the CAD model required a separate blueprint to determine datum structure, key characteristics, and tolerancing for an inspection plan. That of course leaves the nagging question of whether the CAD data or the print is the most current revision. Check out a Q & A feature in Desktop Engi...

Hiding among precision aerospace tooling of course! The picture below, taken at Witchita's Mid-Continent Airport, shows an ad from one of our customers - Galaxy Tool Corporation. Nicknamed 'The Air Capital of the World', Witchita's home to Cessna, Beechcraft, Learjet, and Spirit AeroSystems. Also, Airbus and Boeing currently maintain facilities in Witchita. Have you seen our equipment in a unique or interesting spot? Contact us and let us know....

The National Institute for Aviation Research operates a reverse engineering and virtual reality lab in Wichita, KS. The Wichita Eagle recently reported on how the lab is using reverse engineering and virtual reality techniques to help re-create legacy aircraft parts for which there are no original drawings, or only 2D blueprints available.  A key part of the lab's equipment is their ROMER Absolute Arm with laser scanner.  This device allows them to create 3D point clouds of millions of data poin...