Product category:
Form/co-ordinate, optical and vision instrumentation
News Release from: Delcam | Subject: Faro PowerGage
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 30 May 2006
Measurement device adds CAD-to-part
analysis
Faro UK will demonstrate its new PowerGage at a free workshop to be held at Delcam's Birmingham headquarters on 6th June 2006.
Faro UK will demonstrate its new PowerGage at a free workshop to be held at Delcam's Birmingham headquarters on 6th June 2006 The PowerGage, which saw its UK launch at the recent MACH exhibition, is a new measurement device that adds CAD-to-part analysis capability to the Faro Gage product line
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 23 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Software offers multiple modelling techniques
Having all the different modelling techniques in a single package reduces the need to transfer data between multiple programs and so streamlines the whole product development process
CAD software receives press design update
Delcam Toolmaker CAD software's deep-draw press tool design updates shorten design time by providing dedicated functionality for many of the tasks involved in preparing the tooling.
The Faro PowerGage is the only portable measurement device that enables manufacturers to verify that a part meets the CAD file's specs to within 0.0002in - right on the machine that's producing the part.
It is different from its Faro Gage and Gage-Plus counterparts in that it incorporates Delcam's PowerInspect software, allowing it to perform part-to-CAD analysis.
When equipped with both of PowerInspect's Programmer and Play-Only modules, PowerGage users can: create inspection programs/routines offline for anyone in the facility to run; import all major industry CAD formats; perform surface inspection against master CAD files; receive on-screen instructions including images and videos; access a full suite of geometric inspection tools; automatically optimise the viewing angle of the part as they measure; and save all inspection data and run customised reports.
The PowerGage, which resembles a short, metallic arm, is a high-tech, yet user-friendly manufacturing inspection device.
Instead of taking the part to an expensive fixed CMM in a climate-controlled room, users can mount the PowerGage directly to the where the part is being made.
As the user traces the arm's tip over the part's entire surface, the system's laptop computer verifies all of the part's 3D measurements against the original CAD file - the digital "blueprint" - to see if it was made correctly and, if not, where it needs to be corrected, thus reducing scrap, rework and labour costs. Request a free brochure from Delcam ...
• Delcam: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Engineeringtalk email newsletter
• Engineeringtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
