Vision Engineering has launched its DRV Stereo CAM, a stereo camera system that converts optical stereo microscopes into high-magnification, high-definition 3D stereo microscopes.

DRV Stereo CAM integrates seamlessly with Vision’s ergonomic stereo microscope, the Lynx EVO, while also upgrading compatible conventional binocular stereo microscopes to full HD 3D digital stereo imaging. The system combines all the benefits of high-resolution optical microscopy and Vision Engineering’s patented DRV ‘glasses-free’ digital 3D stereo viewing technology.

DRV Stereo CAM allows viewing to be separate from the target subject, enabling remote, safe and ergonomic positioning of the operator where the subject is required to be in a clean or aggressive environment. Samples in laminar flow cabinets, over production lines and in difficult to access areas can be safely and remotely viewed, in 3D, away from the microscope.

Paul Newbatt, group sales and marketing director, says: “Another advantage of DRV Stereo CAM is the live distribution of viewed images and video, so now, high-resolution 3D stereo images normally viewed in-situ through an optical microscope can be viewed, captured, recalled and shared across networks. Team members located within a building, across a company, or anywhere in the world can view the same 3D HD images in real time.”

For further information
www.visioneng.com

In addition to the quality of capital equipment considered by potential purchasers, the standard of the customer services provided by prospective suppliers is also a major part of any purchase decision.

The effectiveness of the support services offered by Mitutoyo UK is illustrated by the assistance given to Skar Precision Mouldings prior to, during and following the recent installation of a Mitutoyo CMM at the firm’s Hadleigh premises in Suffolk. Established in 1969, Skar Precision Mouldings has grown to become one of the UK’s largest injection moulding businesses. To help keep pace with demand, the company operates 35 high-yield machines with a tonnage range from 22-450 and a maximum shot weight of 2.4 kg, on a 24-hour/five days a week production cycle.

Skar’s requirement to undertake high-precision inspection routines and provide detailed inspection reports for a multi-national manufacturer of medical analysis equipment, recently prompted the search for a suitably accurate CMM. Having considered the offerings from several leading metrology companies, a Crysta-Apex S CMM with a capacity of 500 x 700 x 400 mm, was purchased from Mitutoyo UK.

As the Mitutoyo CMM arrived before the completion of Skar’s new temperature controlled inspection facility, the company took advantage of Mitutoyo UK’s customer service provisions.

Paul Chaplin, quality engineer and CMM programmer at Skar Precision Mouldings, says: “Mitutoyo UK provided us with a very efficient subcontract service. They measured and delivered our fully inspected critical parts on time, along with the required inspection reports. Once the building work was complete and our CMM had been installed, Mitutoyo supplied the part programs and ensured that a colleague and I received in-depth training.”

For further information
www.mitutoyo.co.uk