INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Creaform introduces HandyScan Black Elite Limited

Creaform, a business unit of Ametek Inc and a specialist in portable 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, is adding the HandyScan Black Elite Limitedhigh-accuracy handheld scanner to itsHandyScan BlackElite series line-up. Developed over the last decade by optimising manufacturing and calibration processes, working closely with suppliers and speaking with several thousands of industrial customers, this handheld solution delivers high levels of accuracy.

Designed specifically to address the needs of the most demanding dimensional metrology professionals in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, Creaform says that the HandyScan BlackElite Limited can tackle any quality control or product development applications where tolerances require increased accuracy. It is twice as accurate as theHandyScan BlackElite, assessed through an ISO 17025 accredited calibration, based on VDI/VDE part 3 standard.

The HandyScan BlackElite Limited provides accuracy of 0.012 mm and is powered by smart resolution that highlights fine details and high curvature. A total of 11 blue laser crosses help to provide increased scanning speed on difficult surfaces. The device boasts integrated photogrammetry, as does the whole HandyScan 3D line-up.

Notably, the HandyScan BlackElite Limited is portable, lightweight, simple and versatile, making it suited toon-the-go scanning in any environmental conditions. In addition, HandyScan BlackElite Limited is suitable for Creaform application software, such as VXmodel module for scan-to-CAD, VXinspect module for dimensional inspection and VXintegrity NDT software platform for NDT applications.

This metrology solution was fully developed and is manufactured in Creaform’s ISO9000 headquarters in Canada, where the company maintains an ISO 17025 accredited calibration laboratory in-house.
For further information www.creaform3d.com

Wenzel to spotlight latest products at Innoteq

As a content and community platform, Innoteq earlier this month served to connect the main players of the Swiss manufacturing industry as a hotspot and relevant industry meeting point – live and digitally.

At the event, Wenzel delivered a number of live demonstrations, including those for the company’s compact tomograph exaCT S; its LH 108 co-ordinate gantry measuring machine with rotary table; the CORE optical measuring device; and the optical X-press shaft measuring machine.

On the LH CMM, Wenzel had integrated a rotary table and provided insights into the latest solution for measuring gears on a conventional co-ordinate measuring machine. As a point of note,it is possible to configure all measuring machines of the LH series with an integrated rotary table. This enables precise four-axis measurement of rotationally symmetrical components, as well as reliable measurement of the entire spectrum of prismatic components.

Further innovations were available at Innoteq in the area of optical high-speed scanning. With WM Quartis it is possible to configure the CORE measuring device and operate it with tactile sensors, as well as with optical double-eye sensors. To increase speed in production, the CORE offers a flexible measurement solution for demanding tasks. According to Wenzel, WM Quartis measures up to four times faster compared to tactile CMMs. For customers whose environmental conditions do not require an automated light shield (CORE S LP), the company has developed the CORE S E (Essential), at a lower price and with a smaller footprint.

Also demonstrated at the booth were computed tomography solutions. The desktop CT exaCT S supports applications in a wide range of industries where internal and external structures of components require capturing completely and quickly.
For further information www.wenzel-group.com

TIMTOS 2023 draws to close

TIMTOS 2023 concluded earlier this month, attracting over 45,000 visitors, including nearly 6000 international visitors from more than 100 countries. The online exhibition will continue to run until 6April and has already reached 7000 visitors from nearly 15 countries.This year’s TIMTOS was hailed as a tremendous success by major exhibitors such as FFG, Goodway, Takisawa, Heidenhain, HIWIN and Keyarrow. “Far beyond our expectations”; “we’ve taken enough orders at TIMTOS to keep the whole year busy”; and “TIMTOS 2023 is even more dynamic than pre-pandemic times”, they said.
For further information www.timtos.com.tw

ABB expandsrobotfactory

ABB is strengthening its commitment to one of its largest customer markets – the US – with construction starting on the expansion of its existing North American robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The project is expected to be complete in November 2023 and represents an investment of $20m, leading to the creation of 72 highly skilled new jobs.Close to 90% of robots delivered to customers in the US, Canada, Mexico and South America will soon be made at Auburn Hills. The plant utilises flexible, modular production cells that are digitally connected and networked.
For further information www.abb.com/robotics

Trumpf to expand smart factory

Trumpf Group will add 55,800 sq ft to its production building for the manufacture of laser cutting, bending and welding machinery at Farmington, Connecticut. The project is part of ongoing recovery efforts related to damage sustained after an aircraft crashed into the production building in September of 2021. Trumpf will invest an estimated $40m into the project, which will include a smart factory that demonstrates advanced automated and connected precision sheet metal production. Completion is expected in May 2024.

“North America remains our most important business market outside of our domestic market in Germany,” says Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, CEO of the Trumpf Group. “This project is an important step toward the next generation of manufacturing for Trumpf and our customers across the United States.”
For further information www.trumpf.com