Speed and flexibility gains in electrical motor production
The German industrial manufacturer Siemens is well equipped with a number of FARO arms to speed quality control and increase production flexibility in the Large Drives Business Unit.
The manufacturing quality control department of Siemens Large Drives Business Unit uses five FARO arms.
The German-based industrial multinational Siemens needs no introduction as a global leader in drives, automation, transport, building technology, lighting and industrial solutions. Within the Drive Technologies Division, the Large Drives Business Unit makes motors and the associated transformers and control components that are found in railway locomotives. Further products include drive systems for machines used in the textile, packaging and printing industries.
About 210 employees are involved in the unit’s mechanical manufacturing department on Vogelweiherstraße in Nuremberg. Supporting them is a team of 8 metrologists in the quality control / measuring department. In 2005, they acquired their first FaroArm Platinum, to replace a conventional 3D coordinate measuring system and a range of manual methods. Excited by the substantial timesavings, Siemens added another four FARO arms when the Quantum became available.
Time Team: scanning a prominent human face
Phil Harding goes face to face with the FARO Laser ScanArm!
Phil Harding goes face to face with the FARO Laser ScanArm!
Discover in this astonishing video one the many applications of the FARO ScanArm: the live scanning of a human face. Phil Harding is a prominent British field archaeologist who has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. This series features a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig in three days and explaining the process in layman’s terms.
Corvette Racing Wins 24 Hours of Le Mans – with the help of FARO!
Corvette Racing wins 24 Hours of Le Mans
Congratulations to Corvette Racing for their historic victory in the most grueling race of the season, the 24 Hours of Le Mans! The win came as Chevrolet celebrates its 100th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of Corvette Racing’s first Le Mans victory in 2001.
FARO is a proud sponsor of Corvette Racing and a long-time partner with Pratt & Miller Engineering. Corvette Racing, which is run by Pratt & Miller, has used FaroArms in the design, quality control and race-specification compliance of their vehicles; the Gage validates parts in their precision machine shop; and the ScanArm reverse-engineers components. This allows the company’s engineers and technicians to accurately and efficiently produce everything from small, individual components and sub-assemblies to complete turnkey road and race cars.
Pratt & Miller used the FaroArm, FARO Gage and FARO Laser ScanArm in order to design, construct and analyze ‘virtual’ components, CFD (computational fluid dynamics), systems, and complete cars – every facet of a project from initial conception to the finished product. The combination of Pratt & Miller team’s expertise and FARO’s portable, computerized measuring technologies offers a total design solution, so Pratt & Miller has unmatched time and cost efficiencies, accuracy, and performance.
Webinar: FaroArm and PolyWorks, a powerful combination for quality inspection, 7th April
Webinar: FaroArm and PolyWorks, a powerful combination for quality inspection, 7th April
As the European partner of InnovMetric Inc., Duwe-3d is pleased to introduce to you the functionalities of PolyWorks, the universal 3D-metrology platform on April 7th. Offering Plug-Ins for the FARO Laser ScanArm as well as for FARO Laser Trackers and TrackArm combinations, PolyWorks equips you with all the capabilities you need to master today’s metrology tasks. You will have the chance to get a quick overview of the versatile analysis options in PolyWorks using probing and scanning data.
The aim of the webinar will be to make you familiar with the basic functionalities such as feature inspection from probing sessions and scanned point clouds. Furthermore you will be shown the easy and convenient workflow for the change of device positions – also auxiliary for the use of several devices during one session.
Webinar: SpatialAnalyzer, a software for every application and every instrument, 8th March
FARO webinar - SpatialAnalyzer
On March 8th you will have the chance to see the latest in SpatialAnalyzer’s metrology solutions for every application. It offers the simple tools for the everyday jobs and in depth suite of capabilities you need to tackle the tough jobs. It interfaces to every FARO instrument simultaneously and makes it easy to get the results you need quickly. The depth of the SA architecture and graphics provides the traceability needed to validate the results under the most rigorous tests.
FARO @ Autosport Engineering | Birmingham, UK
Autosport Engineering Exhibition, Birmingham from 13th – 14th January 2011
FARO UK will exhibit at Autosport Engineering which will be taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from 13th – 14th January 2011. During the show you will see demonstrations of FARO’s portable 3D measuring machines.
FARO and TESIS open a new fully-fledged Calibration Center for advanced measuring devices
FARO and TESIS are joining forces to establish a fully-fledged new calibration and service center for FARO products in Moscow. The new center opening on 16th December 2010 with a customer and VIP event will enable owners of FARO products to conveniently service and recalibrate their tools within their own market region instead of sending them abroad.
Quality on Tour 2010 – How portable measurement systems improve quality control
FARO is organising a European series of seminars called ‘Quality on Tour’ this autumn. The aim is to educate the participants on quality control topics. The seminars are carried out in conjunction with universities and measurement experts.
The seminar Quality on Tour consists of two days and features the topics ‘Portable measurement technology, articulated arm Coordinate Measuring Machines and laser scanners’ as well as ‘Measuring large volumes and laser trackers’. During the mornings participants will hear theoretical introductions to measurement systems, how they work and where they can be employed. In the afternoons participants will have the opportunity to test and deepen their newly gained knowledge in workshops.
The Quality on Tour seminars are taking place in October and November in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France and Italy. The UK event will take place on 16th and 17th November at Warwick University in Coventry.
More information can be found on http://www.qualityontour.com/.
FARO France @ MIDEST Show 2010
FARO will be exhibiting at the MIDEST Show which will be taking place from 2nd to 5th November at the Exhibition Centre in Villepinte (near Paris). The MIDESt fair is the world’s largest show exclusively dedicated to industrial subcontracting and face to face meetings. FARO will display its whole range of 3D measuring systems, including the whole new FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D.
Seen on TV: FARO ScanArm at Jay Leno’s Garage
Holy cow! American ingenuity is alive, kicking, and awesome. Now you can combine the products of three homegrown tech companies, FARO, Autodesk, and Geomagic to create pretty much whatever you want under your own roof. Watch while Jay scans and reproduces his face!
