Renishaw Inc

Sir David McMurtry, chairman and chief executive of Renishaw plc, has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society, the U.K.’s national academy of science.

A software-driven comparative gage is starting to soften the cost for numerous hard gages at aero-engine component maker Meyer Tool Inc.

The Equator gaging system is capable of high-speed comparative gaging for inspection of high-volume manufactured parts.

Lean manufacturing typically gets the spotlight as the path to profit, but before you can have a lean operation, you need to get your processes under control.

The company’s radio transmission probes combine compact size with frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio transmission to bring the advantages of automated job setup and in-process measurement to a range of machine tools and applications.

Tough economic times force manufacturers to look for ways to improve efficiency while reducing costs.

Renishaw’s RLP40 and OLP40 lathe inspection probes offer a choice of signal transmission technologies, radio or optical, to make part setup and inspection on turning centers accurate, simple and reliable.

 The QC20-W ballbar features a linear sensor and Bluetooth wireless technology.

Renishaw's TRS2 broken tool detection system uses a "one-box," single-head design to recognize tool reflections, bringing precise, in-cycle laser monitoring to machining centers and other machine tools.

The Renishaw RMP600 touch probe combines the highest accuracy strain-gage sensing and frequency-hopping spread-spectrum radio transmission. The design allows part checking precision on five-axis machining, contours, deep cavities, undercuts, and more where obstacles or part features can block transmission by optical line-of-sight probes.

The second-generation TRS2 broken tool detection system from Renishaw is said to save space and install easily on smaller machine tools used in medical part machining. The system’s “one-box” design combines the laser source and detection electronics in a single, compact unit that is 3. 27" × 1.

Featuring high-speed operation in single-touch or double-touch probing routines, the OMP60 machine tool probe’s compact size, optical transmission capability and battery power allow easy machine tool installation, according to manufacturer Renishaw. With miniaturized electronics, the 76-mm-long measuring unit has a diameter of 63 mm. The 360-degree, infrared optical transmission system has a range of 6 m and allows probe operation in any spindle orientation.

Renscan5 high-speed, five-axis part scanning uses technologies that exceed coordinate measuring machine (CMM) scanning speeds by 10 to 20 times more. The system integrates five-axis machine control with a high-speed, infinite-positioning Revo measuring head, a laser-corrected probe and a UCC2 universal CMM controller. The machine allows scanning speeds of as much as 500 mm/sec.

Renishaw has added to the NC4 range of non-contact laser toolsetters with a series of compact fixed systems. The F95, F115 and F230 NC4 models provide tool ID and broken tool detection in a small, fast-setup package. Measuring gaps of 23 mm, 55 mm and 170 mm respectively enable best fit to machine requirements and space availability.

The RMP60 machine tool probe features frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio transmission. The FHSS technology is said to enhance the robustness and versatility of radio probing for five-axis, large part and deep part machining operations where obstacles or part features can block transmission by optical line-of-sight probes. The company says the system hops transmission between multiple discrete 1 MHz channels to overcome any interference.