Digitising applications

Application examples

• [4KB] Pattern making - plastic chair
  

  An example of scanning on the Cyclone machine using a 6mm ball ended stylus to replicate a master component.

• [2KB] Coins & medals - medal from plaster master
  

  An example of scanning a plaster model with a laser probe on cyclone.

• [3KB] Footwear - wooden shoe last
  

  An example of a shoe last being scanned on the Cyclone digitising system with an indexer, allowing all surfaces of the last to be accessed.

Customer case studies

• [109KB] Renishaw precision meets the challenge of Games Workshop
  

  UK based Games Workshop Tooling sells a large range of incredibly detailed miniature figures worldwide. It has recently transformed its tooling development by changing from proven traditional pantographs to Renishaw’s Cyclone scanning system. Cyclone rapidly scans prototypes, providing the data required to machine the moulds from which the highly detailed figures are moulded.

• [12KB] Revolutionary tool-making facility incorporates scanning technology at Malaysia-based Mattel Tools
  

  This in-house tool maker for Mattel Inc., the internationally renowned toy manufacturer, has used Renishaw's Cyclone digitising system to cut lead times on die manufacture by more than half.

• [111KB] Scanning machine drives 5-axis CNC head porting to the performance redline
  

  For Florida-based CNC Cylinder Heads, certain aspects of engine manufacture just didn’t make sense. Why spend thousands of dollars on a precision-machined engine block, crank and pistons, just to bolt on a set of unported cylinder heads with mismatched port volumes and rough wall surfaces inherent to the casting process? For professional engine builders, precisely ported heads mean better engine efficiency and dyno results.

• [7KB] Fine detail requires only the finest technology for toolmaker Oromet
  

  Oromet, a leading supplier of jewellry, use Renishaw's Cyclone digitising system to reproduce tooling with the finest detail. "What used to take days can now be completed in a matter of hours."

• [12KB] High-speed digitising breaks the mould for US-based Duplicraft Inc
  

  "Machining, rebuilding, reverse engineering, product evaluation - we are still finding new ways to turn digitising on the Cyclone into a service for our customers,"

• [6KB] A question of detail? Renishaw's Cyclone scanning system has the answer for the MMI Group
  

  This specialist in medals and jewellery, awards, insignia and engraved costume accessories is using Renishaw's Cyclone digitising non-stop, building up a range of dies to duplicate their full range of designs.

• [9KB] Renishaw's Cyclone gives Doll Makers a head start
  

  As manufacturing industries become more aware of the benefits of reverse engineering, TIRAC is well placed to contribute to the education of toolmaking companies using Renishaw's digitising systems.

• [7KB] Forging dies produced in hours instead of days
  

  Dudley Die Forgings acquired a Renishaw Cyclone scanning system to enable them to set up a forging die CAD database on which to establish CNC die machining practices.

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