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EuroWire – January 2008 14
english corporate news
Laser scanner for
technical college
Laser Design Inc has sold an SLP®-250 laser
scanner to York Technical College in Rock
Hill, near Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
The company’s SLP laser scanners are fast,
precise, lightweight, and USB compatible
for plug-and-play convenience. Accurate
to within ±12µ, the SLP-250 laser scanners
are an excellent choice for 3D laser
scanning of small parts.
The York Technical College SLP-250 was
retrofitted to a manual Mitutoyo CMM
system. York Technical College is a
community college with associate degree
and certificate programmes. The Machine
Tool Technology Department has built a
worldwide reputation for excellence on
the merits of its 3D centre’s cutting-edge
equipment and in-demand graduates.
York was the first school in North Carolina
to be accredited by the National Institute
for Metalworking Skills (NIMS). With
more than 45,000ft², the department
housed in the Institute for Manufacturing
Productivity is home to many 3D
measurement systems, including the new
Laser Design laser scanner.
Laser Design Inc, has been the leading
supplier of ultra-precise, 3D laser scanning
systems and services for more than 20
years. Used for capturing the 3D shape
of objects with complex geometries and
free-form surfaces, Laser Design’s Surveyor
line of automated and portable scanning
systems are ideal for 3D scanning
applications involving inspection and
reverse engineering of complex shaped
plastic and metal parts.
The company’s patented laser line-probe
technology dramatically reduces scanning
time by collecting data substantially faster
and more accurately than conventional
metrology technologies. Laser Design
integrates Geomagic software with
its laser scanners to provide complete
solutions for reverse engineering and
inspection applications.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, the
company also has Regional Technical
Services and Support Centers in Seattle
and Detroit, and distributors throughout
Europe and Asia.
Laser Design also operates GKS Inspection
Services , an in-house
service bureau division offering complete
3D scanning, reverse engineering, and
dimensional inspection services.
Laser Design Inc – USA
Fax: +1 952 884 9653
Email:
Website :
50 years after it was founded, Danish-based cable solutions
company Roblon is looking forward, not back, as it prepares
to launch two new glass strength members and a new version
of its high-speed, low-tension server for stranding aramid and
glass yarns.
Plans to expand its R&D departments are also high on the
agenda for Roblon, whose team of designers and developers
will be strongly represented on the company’s wire Düsseldorf
stand. The first of the new products will be officially launched
at wire Düsseldorf.
Extremely flexible, soft and wear-resistant, the new Roblon
Glass Flex Strand strength member for optical fibre cables is
suitable for use in servers and stranding machines.
A water-blocking version for dry optical fibre cables, Roblon
WB Glass Flex Strand, will also be released in the spring.
A new version of Roblon HSLT, a combined high-speed, low-
tension server, will also be showcased at the Düsseldorf show.
Operating at speeds of up to 400rpm, Roblon HSLT strands
aramid and glass yarns around cable centres.
Danish-based Roblon was founded when a young fishing
fleet owner in a small harbour town bought post-war surplus
parachute cords on impulse, and then came up with the idea
of selling the three-metre-long nylon fibres to fishermen who
could use them to make uniquely strong trawler nets.
When demand increased but surplus parachute supplies
started to run out, he did research and development, bought
his own braiding machines, and in 1957 opened his own
manufacturing facility for making hard-wearing rope and
industrial fibre products.
50 years on, Roblon A/S has a turnover of €30 million, is listed
on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and employs 150 staff at
three locations in and around Frederikshavn, the seaside town
where it all began.
Its industrial fibre product range includes glass and aramid
strength members, standard and water-blocking binder yarns,
tapes and ripcords. The range of machinery for high-speed,
high-precision cable production includes servers, binders,
pay-offs and winders.
Roblon A/S – Denmark Fax: +45 96 20 33 99
Email: Website:
Looking forward after 50 years
The scanner installed at the
college
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