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Renishaw QC20-W ballbar; new wireless product with volumetric testing capability
The QC20-W ballbar is a completely new design featuring a Renishaw developed linear sensor and Bluetooth® wireless technology. This design offers benefits in ease of use and enhanced durability and allows the QC20-W to be used for testing even in “closed door” manufacturing, where access for wiring can raise safety and procedural issues.
"Huge reductions in inspection time and the ability to measure form"
Every year, GE Oil and Gas invites customers to an open house at its factory in Florence, Italy. This year 800 customers saw the results of a GE Oil and Gas New Technology Introduction project - a DEA Global coordinate measuring machine (CMM), retrofitted with a Renishaw REVO® system and measuring impeller parts at a dramatic speed.
Incremental optical encoders offer 1 nm resolution
Raman spectroscopy is a vital tool in the fight against crime
Two such issues are the non-destructive composition analysis of suspected illegal narcotic tablets, and crossing ink lines sequencing on questioned documents. The small sampling volume and high chemical sensitivity afforded by this novel Raman method allows such challenging requirements to be addressed at unparalleled speeds.
Encoder scale solution for high resolution printer applications
Raman spectroscopy for busy people
With increasing pressure on productivity and output, selecting the correct solution for your analytical requirements has never been so critical. With this in mind, scientists at Renishaw recently completed a study on the use of research grade Raman spectroscopy systems. The study had two key objectives: maximising productivity, and identification of the features and functions most frequently used, and most critical for achieving successful and efficient Raman analysis. A range of users were interviewed, from new and non-expert to highly experienced Raman spectroscopists.
Ultra-compact radio transmission touch probes bring probing benefits to a wider range of CNC machine tools
Absolute encoder is BiSS® protocol compatible
Fast measurement and analysis of valve seats and valve guides
A new solution based on Renishaw’s revolutionary REVO® five-axis measurement system for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) is dramatically changing this situation, enabling very fast collection of large amounts of data, from which the analysis parameters for both the valve seat and the valve guide features can be calculated. The method performs exceptionally well in both repeatability and reproducibility tests, and takes as little as 20 seconds per valve.
White paper: 'Survival of the fittest - the process control imperative'
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Renishaw to focus on machine tool and CMM utilisation at EMO 2009
There will also be a range of new motion control products, including a true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications, and unique track-mounted linear encoder scale system.
Renishaw Productivity Centre supports new Foundation Degree in Metrology
Magnetic encoder modules offer non-contact alternative to potentiometers
Latest version of machine tool performance analysis software is now free of charge for existing users of Renishaw’s QC10 ballbar
New version of on-machine 3D part verification software includes enhancements for multi-axis machine tools
On-machine geometric measurement significantly enhanced with new measurement and reporting capability
Renishaw expertise assists the readers of leading machine tool industry magazine
New FASTRACK™ linear encoder scale system
Designed for applications that demand high accuracy and easily removable scale, the FASTRACK scale system consists of two miniature, yet rugged, guide rails. These securely retain Renishaw’s new low-profile scales (8 x 0.2 mm cross-section) and allow them to freely expand at their own thermal expansion coefficient with almost zero hysteresis (sub-micron on a centre-clamped 2 metre axis over the entire operating temperature range, for example). If damaged, the scale can be pulled out of the guide rails and quickly replaced, even where access is limited, thus reducing machine downtime.
Improved measurement performance with new motorised heads for co-ordinate measuring machines
Combined with an optional extended 2-year warranty, the new PH10 heads offer CMM users a new standard of indexing head performance, providing reliable precision in even the most demanding measurement applications. All three variants of the new PH10 heads are now supplied with a revised repeatability specification, down from 0.5µm (2s) to just 0.4µm (2s) (specified at a distance of 62 mm), giving users improved positioning at the stylus tip. White paper: "At the sharp end – a guide to CMM stylus selection"
Full story and white paper download Of robot mice and men
What is so interesting about a competition to design, build and program a robotic ‘mouse’ that finds its own way to the centre of a 16 x 16 maze in the shortest possible time? Micromouse events have fascinated the cleverest time-served engineers, but also captured the imagination of students, demonstrating the exciting possibilities of an engineering career to young minds.
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Renishaw has extended its market leading range of machine tool testing and calibration systems, with AxiSet™ Check-Up, a new cost-effective solution for checking the alignment and positioning performance of rotary axes. In just a few minutes, users of five-axis machining centres and multi-tasking mill-turn machines can now identify and report on poor machine alignments and geometry that can cause extended process setting times, as well as non-conforming parts.
Renishaw has announced the launch of a successor to its well established 
GE Oil and Gas Florence has transformed the performance of a DEA Global CMM with a 
Renishaw, a world leader in measurement and encoder technology, is introducing new 1 nm and 2 nm resolution versions of its successful TONiC™ incremental encoder range. Available in linear encoder and rotary encoder formats, the new higher resolution options comprise a standard TONiC readhead and new Ti20KD (1 nm) or Ti10KD (2 nm) interfaces that apply high interpolation rates to achieve very fine resolution. Furthermore, TONiC’s low-noise optical scheme with superior photometry has been combined with advanced filtering inside the Ti20KD / Ti10KD interfaces to reduce the jitter (noise on reported position) to an impressively low level of just 0.51 nm RMS.
Renishaw scientists have developed innovative technologies and novel methods to solve difficult forensic problems. StreamLine™ Plus imaging has been used to tackle previously difficult and time-consuming everyday issues faced by the forensic community.
Renishaw’s TONiC™ incremental linear encoder system offers many advantages for wide format printing; smoother velocity control to avoid ‘banding’ in the image, superior repeatability, easy installation, high reliability and a range of scales available on reels that provide cut-to-suit flexibility at the point of installation.
Following market studies, Renishaw’s inVia Raman microscope, the world-leading research-grade instrument, now provides faster, automated Raman spectroscopy solutions for today’s busy professional.
Renishaw is making waves with the introduction of new touch probe systems that use its unique frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) probe signal radio transmission technology to allow automated job set-up and in-process measurement on all sizes of CNC machine tools. The new ultra-compact RMP40 probe is especially suited to multi-axis and mill-turn applications, whilst its variant, the RLP40 touch probe, is specifically designed for more hostile turning environments. A transmission only module RMP40M is also being introduced.
Renishaw’s new RESOLUTE™ 
Despite their significant influence on engine efficiency and exhaust emissions, the measurement of valve seats and guides has traditionally been so challenging and time-consuming that methods used are often a compromise and do not allow for responsive process feedback.
In tough times, manufacturers focus on reducing their operating costs, but may not be able to afford to spend their way out by buying more productive machinery. With that pathway closed, what are the opportunities for radically reducing costs without replacing existing machines?
New touch probes and probe software that increase machine tool automation, improve process control and allow advanced on-machine part verification, will be a major feature of Renishaw’s stand at 
The West Midlands Manufacturing Measurement Centre (WMMMC), a member of the UK network of Renishaw Productivity Centres, will be supporting Coventry University’s new Foundation Degree Fdeng in Metrology which was launched on 19th June 2009. Based within the University, the WMMMC will work closely with the School of Lifelong Learning who will deliver a Foundation Degree that is designed to fill the skills gap in the understanding and application of measurement.
Potentiometers provide low cost, analogue position feedback with simple integration. However, they are subject to degradation of performance, or even failure, due to wear and contamination. A dirty or worn potentiometer can provide noisy, unreliable operation, requiring periodic replacement.
Following the release of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system and the rapid adoption of the 64 bit technology by PC hardware OEMs, Renishaw has taken steps to ensure compatibility by releasing a new version of its Ballbar5 software that is specifically designed for use with both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows XP and Vista.
Renishaw has consolidated its market leading range of PC-based 
Renishaw, the world’s leading supplier of 
US-based Modern Machine Shop (MMS), one of the world’s leading magazines devoted to metalworking and associated technologies, has called on three teams of experts from Renishaw to help its readers with questions relating to measurement and inspection. The assistance being offered is part of the magazine’s new on-line ‘Ask the expert’ initiative, which includes experts from a variety of different engineering disciplines, including a team from Boeing that will advise on issues relating to aerospace machining.
FASTRACK linear encoder scale system combines high accuracy, tape scale convenience and unrivalled ruggedness
Following a series of design enhancements, Renishaw’s industry-standard family of PH10 motorised indexing heads for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) now have a 20% improvement in repeatability and increased long-term stability.
When deciding the best way to measure a component on a co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM), many choices are made by default because they have been carefully thought through many times before. The accuracy specification of the CMM, the best type of sensor to use (touch or scanning) and the optimum probing method are often taken for granted and not questioned. However, this foundation for good metrology can be undermined by an inappropriate or ill-considered choice of stylus, with the result that measurement accuracy can be compromised.
International ‘Micromouse’ competitions inspire the engineers of the future with ever more sophisticated electronic designs, including the latest 
Renishaw’s new AM4096 magnetic encoder IC takes proven on-axis encoder technology a step further with increased functionality and reduced costs. The OnAxis™ technology developed by Renishaw’s associate company 
3rd June 2009: 
Measurement is vital to any manufacturing business, providing essential information to control processes and verify products. But older co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) can become bottlenecks if they fail to keep pace with changing measurement needs.
Leader in five-axis turbomachinery production quickly adopts new
Renishaw announced a series of major new initiatives at Control 2009, including its first 
Renishaw, a world leader in engineering technologies, is introducing an exciting range of high precision systems for 
The Manufacturing Advisory Service in the South West (MAS-SW) is advising manufacturers across the UK to work together and share best practice to weather the current economic downturn.
Renishaw is making waves with the introduction of new touch probe systems that use its unique frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) probe signal radio transmission technology to allow automated job set-up and in-process measurement on all sizes of CNC machine tools. The new ultra-compact RMP40 probe is especially suited to multi-axis and mill-turn applications, whilst its variant, the RLP40 touch probe, is specifically designed for more hostile turning environments. A transmission only module RMP40M is also being introduced.