Published 11/15/2016

SLIDESHOW: Technology Showcase, Inspection and Measurement

No matter what size moldmaking operation you may own or work at, you need inspection and measurement at critical stages of the process to drive efficiencies and profitability. So here are a few of the latest products we’ve heard about that you may also wish to see.

Cynthia Kustush

Contributing Writer

Verisurf Software introduced a new scanner option designed to complement its Master3DGage, a portable, rapid, 3D-inspection and reverse-engineering solution that enables shops to increase production and improve part quality.

Methods Machine Tools offers the extended-travel 700 series VisionGauge digital comparator from VisionX.

Renishaw's probing software package is designed to automatically optimize on-machine measurement cycles to minimize cycle time and maximize productivity.

The Marposs Mida Diamond line of machine tool touch probes and tool setters has been developed to control the entire production process in all of its phases, from workpiece setup and inspection to tool presetting and control.

To prevent prolonged machine standstill in the event that one of its TS 6xx series touch probes collides badly with a workpiece or chuck, Heidenhain offers the TS 642 universal replacement touch probe.

Zeiss Metrology will introduce two computer tomographs (CTs), the Metrotom 800 with an extended performance spectrum and the new Metrotom 1500, both of which are designed for faster and more flexible inspection and measurement.

We all know that Moldmakers work with precision because customers expect their molded parts and products to work flawlessly in the way they intend them to. Moldmakers are still considered highly skilled craftsmen by many, but even they need to test and validate that molds and mold components are manufactured exactly right. Hence the use of many inspection and measurement devices, which is the focus of today’s Technology Showcase.

By the way, this topic is a good segue into MMT’s annual Leadtime Leader competition. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to click here and submit your application for 2017. We’ll announce the winners at Amerimold in Chicago. If you think your company is meeting and/or exceeding customers’ delivery demands, which inspection and measurement devices help you to do, then you are probably a good candidate for Leadtime Leader 2017! We hope to hear from you soon!