02/07/12 Hexagon Metrology accelerates robotic white light measurement programming
CoreView 6.0, Hexagon Metrology’s latest software for Cognitens white light systems, now features CoreView Teach Pro. This new offline programming module simplifies preparation of measurement routines for white light robotic cells.CoreView Teach Pro offers users of Cognitens WLS400A systems significant savings in time and effort for programming measurement routines. Thanks to the new module, measurements with the Cognitens WLS400A can be programmed from any computer without direct connection to the robot.
01/24/12 Hexagon Metrology enhances white light offering with CoreView 6.0
Hexagon Metrology today announced the availability of CoreView 6.0 for the Cognitens WLS400 automated and manual white light measurement systems. The new version includes an offline programming module for the robotic measuring system Cognitens WLS400A. All CoreView modules now use the full memory and CPU resources by running on native 64-bit architecture. This supports larger CAD files, dense point cloud visualization and accelerated result computation. New flush and gap capabilities support measurement of matching parts in their actual assembled position.
11/30/11 Groundbreaking ceremony for new production hall at Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology set to double its production floor area with the start of construction of a new production hall in Wetzlar. After more than two years of planning, Hexagon Metrology commenced construction of a new 10-metre-high production hall in Wetzlar. "Now we can get going," said Holger Fritze, Managing Director of Hexagon Metrology GmbH on 18th November 2011. A host of honoured guests, among them Mayor Manfred Wagner, were welcomed to the groundbreaking ceremony for the new production hall.
11/28/11 Hexagon Metrology presents efficient measuring solutions at EuroMold
Hexagon Metrology and some of its versatile measuring solutions will be on show at EuroMold 2011, the World Fair for Mould Making and Tooling, Design and Application Development. At EuroMold 2011 in Frankfurt/Main, Hexagon Metrology will be presenting a wide range of products for every industrial metrology application, in particular mould making and tooling, design and application development, at Booth M46, Hall 8. Hexagon Metrology is a long-established and reliable partner in these fields.
10/31/11 Hexagon Metrology awarded by Volvo Car Corporation
Volvo Car Corporation selected Hexagon Metrology as 'Award Nominee Supplier'. 70 out of 400 Volvo suppliers were nominated and Hexagon Metrology was among them. Hexagon Metrology, now a ten years old measuring company, received a diploma for the “Award Nominee Supplier” from Volvo at the award ceremony in Gothenburg. The distinction is an accolade for Hexagon Metrology as a reliable and trustworthy supplier. It is the result of a thorough assessment of some key suppliers’ factors such as pricing, quality of products, deliverables and skills of involved people.
10/17/11 Hexagon Metrology: 25 years of experience manufacturing portable measuring arms
Hexagon Metrology’s manufacturing facility for ROMER branded portable measuring arms in Montoire, France, celebrates its 25th birthday this October. Since 1986, ROMER products have become increasingly versatile and powerful measurement systems. Hexagon Metrology celebrates the 25th anniversary of its brand ROMER, which has its origins in the manufacturing facility in Montoire, France. Since 1986, thousands of portable measuring arms have left Montoire serving a wide range of industries with its portable high-precision coordinate measuring instrument.
10/04/11 Hexagon Metrology becomes official partner of Hendrick Motorsports
Hexagon Metrology Inc. and Hendrick Motorsports today announced a multi-year partnership agreement that makes Hexagon Metrology the Official Provider of Dimensional Metrology Products and Services to Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick Motorsports, winner of a record 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships, is a longtime user of Hexagon Metrology products for inspection and manufacturing of race car body, chassis and engine components. The official partnership -- the first between the two companies -- expands Hendrick Motorsports' in-house capabilities with multiple additional measuring systems, including ROMER Absolute Arms, GridLok portable measuring arm volume expansion systems, and Brown & Sharpe coordinate measuring...
09/20/11 m&h receives EMO-Award for best innovation in the category "Measuring"
The trade magazine MM-Maschinenmarkt awarded the company m&h Inprocess Messtechnik in the category "Measuring" for their innovations.
m&h has been awarded the prize for the best innovation in the measuring instruments category at EMO 2011. The award has been given for the software „PC-DMIS NC Gage“ and its optional module „Kinematic Setup“. The award recognizes the software for its wide range of measuring functions that have been made available for machine-tool-users with controls from Fanuc, Okuma and Mori Seiki. Particularly highlighted is the easy teach-in method for operating the software...
09/19/11 New version PC-DMIS NC Gage V2.0 and new 5-axis Kinematic Setup option
for accelerated calibration and remeasuring
Inspection on the tool itself is increasingly seen as the key factor in the precise and efficient use of modern machine tools. Everyone knows that the various control program packages differ greatly in the functions they offer the user. Measurement functionality is often inadequate or completely lacking with Japanese control software in particular. Users are forced to program cycles themselves, which is a difficult and time-consuming task using G-codes with endless parameters. This represents a source of latent errors...
09/02/11 Hexagon Metrology and EADS: framework contract until 2014
Hexagon Metrology and EADS renew their framework contract for all metrology products from Leica Geosystems until the end of 2014. This contract consolidates the strong cooperation between the supplier of portable metrology solutions and the EADS group. A framework contract between EADS and Leica Geosystems exists since 2002. Leica Geosystems Metrology Products are a key factor for product quality within the different EADS units. They are widely used for build/inspect processes of tools and parts and enable metrology-assisted assembly. For EADS, using advanced metrology equipment results in short production cycles and cost efficiency in a highly demanding industry sector...
08/18/11 First laboratory for large gear measurement opens in Germany
The Bremen Institute for Metrology, Automation and Quality Science (BIMAQ) at the University of Bremen has opened a Laboratory for large Gear Measurement.The facility is Germany's first university laboratory for the inspection of large gear wheels. The Bremen researchers can now measure toothed gear components from wind turbines. They can also investigate the interrelationships between design, manufacture, quality and functional characteristics of large gears and their effects on aspects such as wear, service life, types of defect and noise. The aim is to extend the life of large gearboxes in wind turbines...
08/11/11 Hexagon Metrology and Dongguan Seven Ocean Metrology Vision announce joint venture
The world's largest industrial measurement group reinforces its position in optical systems
Hexagon Metrology has announced today it has entered a joint venture of Dongguan Seven Ocean Metrology Vision Co., Ltd (hereafter referred to as Seven Ocean Metrology Vision) in China. The setting up of Seven Ocean Metrology Vision is an important step for Hexagon Metrology's expansion in the Chinese optical vision industry and will definitely strengthen its competitiveness in the Chinese market.Seven Ocean Metrology Vision has long been taking the lead in vision measuring technology with many patents and has won many awards from relevant government departments for its technological innovations. Its products have been used in many industries such as telecommunications, electronics, automotive, plastic and machine processing...
07/14/11 Hexagon Metrology announces partnership agreement with CTDEC
Hexagon Metrology announces the signature of a technical and commercial cooperation agreement with the Cluses Technical Centre for the Precision Turning (CTDEC). The aim of the CTDEC is to promote technical progress as well as contributing to innovation and improved productivity in the precision turning industry. This partnership considerably strengthens the resources allocated to the technical assistance provided by the laboratories, the training of corporate personnel and the applied research activities of the CTDEC. Within the framework of its missions, the CTDEC endeavours to optimise the link between suppliers, customers and subcontractors in the different value chains...
07/12/11 Hexagon Metrology releases new CoreView version 5.5
Hexagon Metrology announced today the availability of CoreView 5.5 for the Cognitens WLS400 automated and manual white light measurement systems. The new version offers improved capabilities in measuring a work piece’s geometric characteristics as well as 2D cross section analysis tools. Among other enhancements version 5.5 includes measurement and GD&T inspection of planar geometries broadening the Cognitens WLS400 system's application support and 3D visualization tools that allow users to measure sheet metal features faster and easier than before. Version 5.5 supports a new set of sensor lenses with 360 x 360 mm field of view used for measuring smaller parts and in reverse engineering application...
05/16/11 New radio-wave probe and tool measuring system
Measure parts and tools directly on the machine tool
m&h launches the new RWP38.41 radio-wave probe and the new RWT35.50 radio-wave tool measuring system. The new generation RWP38.41 radio-wave probe and the new RWT35.50 tool measuring system from m&h can be used together – a single receiver can communicate with up to three different measuring machines. Measuring versatility is therefore retained while investment costs are kept low. Tools are now held more tightly in the spindle, an improvement to keep up with the growing requirements of accuracy and process safety. The RWT35.50 tool measuring system can be used on various places on the machine or even on the parts themselves – this is desirable in particular for very large parts or with shuttle machining...
05/12/11 Hexagon Metrology strengthens its presence on the Czech market
Members of the Galika team have joined Hexagon Metrology Czech to increase the activities on the market for coordinate measuring machines (CMM)
Hexagon Metrology Czech, located in Prague, has signed a contract with Galika on the basis of which seven Galika employees from both, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, will join Hexagon Metrology. Thanks to their knowledge and experience Hexagon Metrology will significantly enlarge its presence on the Czech market for stationary CMMs. From now on the service of stationary DEA CMMs will be coordinated directly from the Prague office for Czech and Slovakia markets and from Cracow and Warsaw offices for the Polish market. The new employees will take care of sales, service and application support for current and potential customers...
05/10/11 Hexagon Metrology’s first international conference attracts top shelf speaker line-up
Conference sessions feature broad array of metrology users, techniques and applications
Hexagon Metrology announced today its speaker line-up for the first international conference Metrology @ Hexagon 2011, being held from June 6 -9, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida. Customer application stories and educational presentations will be delivered by leading companies including Ford Motor Company, the Volkswagen Group, Northrop Grumman and motorsport teams Red Bull Technology and Hendrick Motorsports. In addition to expert users discussing dimensional measurement techniques, Hexagon Metrology will also conduct sessions focused on measurement trends and applications in industrial metrology for aerospace, automotive, alternative energy, and more...
05/03/11 Hexagon Metrology launches DEA GLOBAL Silver
Hexagon Metrology has improved its DEA GLOBAL line of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs): With the new DEA GLOBAL Silver users can measure more quickly, more accurately and more conveniently. The scanning throughput of the new line is up to 35% higher than with models of the previous generation. Various improvements stand behind the new DEA GLOBAL Silver: The enhanced productivity has been achieved by optimised motion algorithms, improved software, and a new electronic controller. The result is smoother and faster scanning measurements.The new electronic controller with state-of-the-art hardware and firmware technologies allows for faster computation and data transmission as well as more efficient multi-tasking processing...
04/26/11 New sensor for the Leitz Reference
A new sensor is available for the Leitz Reference series of coordinate measuring machines in the form of the LSP-X1h. It accepts extremely long styli: capable of accommodating styli lengths of 20 to 225 mm in the axial orientation and up to 50 mm in the lateral orientation. The maximum stylus weight is 33 g. The sensor attaches to the TESASTAR-m indexable articulated probe heads. Thanks to the articulated probe heads, long styli and a small external diameter, the LSP-X1h reaches every feature on the part. The LSP-X1h is compatible with the latest Leitz coordinate measuring machines: the Leitz Reference Xi and Leitz Reference XT...
02/28/11 Hexagon refreshes Optiv Classic line
Hexagon Metrology has upgraded its Optiv Classic product line. In future the models making up this series will be the Optiv Classic 321 GL (Granite Line), Optiv Classic 321 GL tp and the Optiv Classic 453. The new Optiv Classic 321 GL and the Optiv Classic 321 GL tp are based on a stable granite design. The machine base is manufactured in natural hard stone, which gives these models an extremely stable mechanical construction and greatly enhances the accuracy of the system...
02/24/11 Inaugural Hexagon 2011 international conference
Hexagon AB will host its inaugural international conference, Hexagon 2011, 6-9 June at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA. Hexagon 2011 will bring together the latest technologies and user communities from Intergraph®, as well as Hexagon’s Metrology, Leica Geosystems and Hexagon Technology divisions, in one location to provide attendees with a user experience of unprecedented scope and value...
02/23/11 Hexagon Metrology enters into cooperation agreement with GE
Affords significant commercial benefit in industrial computed tomography
Hexagon Metrology has significantly enhanced its capabilities by entering into a commercial cooperation with GE Measurement & Control Solutions. This exciting collaboration will see the first computed tomography system introduced into Hexagon Metrology’s key industry segments within the next few months. Hexagon Metrology is part of the Hexagon AB Group and includes leading metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, Leica Geosystems and Leitz. It boasts a comprehensive global installed base of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), portable measuring systems and handheld instruments, as well as tens of thousands of metrology software licences...
02/14/11 Refined touch for the Leitz Infinity premium coordinate measuring machine
The most accurate coordinate measuring machine from Hexagon Metrology enters the new year with sophisticated sensors and a forthcoming new model. A new version of the proven Leitz LSP-S4 measurement head heralds the start of the new year: the LSP-S4 Ultra Low Force is available immediately on the Leitz Infinity. Thanks to the low trigger force of this measurement head of up to
0.005 N, no scratch marks or any other damage is caused to
the part during inspection...
01/05/11 High-precision inspection of mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope
The race is on for who will manufacture 1,000 mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Cranfield University in the UK has begun work on producing seven of the mirror segments for ‘the world’s biggest eye on the sky’ with the aid of high accuracy measurement systems from Hexagon Metrology. The current production is for prototype mirror segments...
