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Technology Update
AICON has announced that its
MoveInspect HR optical measuring
system will now be delivered with a direct
interface to Delcam’s PowerINSPECT
analysis software.
MoveInspect HR is a portable
coordinate measurement machine,
consisting of high-resolution digital
cameras and the hand-operated MI.Probe.
Data is collected by sampling defined
measuring points with the probe, and
in doing so, the system even measures
hidden points quickly and precisely. In
contrast to articulated arms, MoveInspect
HR allows for total freedom of movement
around the measuring object as there
is no mechanical limitation: the only
requirement is a line of sight between
the probe and the camera system.
MoveInspect HR offers a wide field of
application, from the geometric inspection
of small components to the measurement
of entire wind turbine rotor blades.
The direct connection of MoveInspect
HR to PowerINSPECT offers a great
advantage: before the beginning of data
collection a measurement plan can be
created in the analysis software, which
prescribes the measurement procedure in
a detailed way. Even inexperienced users
will be guided through the measuring-
process smoothly. During data collection,
the MI.Probe acts as a central control
unit. By pressing different buttons on the
probe, the measuring process will either
be started or undone, or the completion
of a measuring process is signalised to
the software.
Following data collection, various
analyses can be run in the PowerINSPECT
software, for example the comparison
of the collected data with all major CAD
formats. PowerINSPECT is also able to
manage alignment and positioning tasks.
The software creates user-defined test
reports, including graphical presentations
of the results and highlighted deviations.
“It’s absolutely necessary that the
analysis of measuring data can be done in
a fast and comfortable way,” commented
Dr-Ing Carl-Thomas Schneider, managing
director of AICON 3D Systems. “We
are happy that our customers now profit
from the new interface to PowerINSPECT
next to the already existing plug-in to the
software PolyWorks/Inspector.”
Aicon 3D Systems GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 531 58 000 60
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Delcam – UK
Fax: +44 121 766 5511
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Optical measuring system with interface
MoveInspect HR with MI.Probe