Renishaw to highlight new metrology products at MACH 2014

There will also be a significant focus on the company's additive manufacturing (3D printing) systems.

Major new introductions include a high-speed contact scanning system for CNC machine tools, a family of products for the measurement of aerospace blades, a new range of modular fixtures for metrology applications, and new software for checking the performance of rotary axes. The company will also have active demonstrations of its Equator gauging system, including the first UK appearance of new process monitoring software.

For the first time, Renishaw will have two stands at the MACH exhibition, with an additional stand in the new 3D Printing Zone, created by the show organisers in recognition of the importance of this emerging technology to the manufacturing sector. Renishaw is the UK's only manufacturer of a machine that ‘prints' metal parts and visitors to both Renishaw stands will be able to see applications that demonstrate the capabilities of the company's additive manufacturing technology, including the world's first 3D printed metal bike frame.

Renishaw's game-changing contact scanning system opens up completely new process control opportunities for high-value CNC machine tools. The SPRINT? system incorporates a new generation of on-machine scanning technology that will deliver a step-change in the benefits of process control, enabling fast and accurate form and profile data capture from both prismatic and complex 3D components.

For blade manufacture, the SPRINT system provides unprecedented capability for blade tip refurbishment and root blending applications. For multi-task machining applications, the SPRINT machine tool scanning system offers users completely new process control capabilities, including exceptionally repeatable diameter measurement cycles.

Additional functionality offered by the SPRINT system provides a rapid health-check of a CNC machine tool's linear and rotary axes in seconds, making it possible to implement a daily machine monitoring regime with little or no operator involvement.

At MACH Renishaw is highlighting a developing family of high performance hardware and software products for co-ordinate measuring machines that are specifically designed to aid the measurement and manufacturing of aerospace blades. All products complement the multi-award winning REVO? 5-axis measurement system and include APEXBlade? planning software for REVO sweep scanning and DMIS programming, MODUS? aerofoil analysis for the calculation and reporting of blade section profile and aerofoil characteristics, and SurfitBlade? to aid reverse engineering of the complete aerofoil.

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