FARO Technologies, Inc. Suppliers Showroom

U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office Concludes First Ever Advanced Manufacturing Olympics

Nearly $1M in prizes awarded to winners of five manufacturing-related competitions. MMS editor-in-chief Peter Zelinski co-hosted the Air Force’s week-long event.

Mecco Acquires Faro Photonics

Mecco has had an established relationship with Faro Photonics, using the company’s products in its own laser marking and processing solutions.

Machining in a Measured Future

Today’s most exclusive work serves as a proving ground for the coming era of more stringent specifications, less paper and more comprehensive quality control in general.

Amerimold: Moldmaking's Biggest Show Captures Current Metalworking Technology

Many of the emerging developments and key trends in metalworking technology were represented at this show, making it a revealing cross-section of current advances.

The Costs and Benefits of Horizontal Machining

The shift from vertical to horizontal machining was even more expensive than this shop anticipated. It was also more valuable. Most of the shop’s machining centers are HMCs now—here’s why.

More Demanding Than Production

The challenges of prototyping have dramatically increased. This company reinvented itself to specialize in the tight-leadtime process development that prototyping now entails.

Moving Forward in Reverse

This versatile shop leverages portable CMM technology to steadily grow the reverse engineering portion of its business.

Measurement Arm Rapidly Verifies Parts

The Faro Edge from Faro Technologies is a portable measurement arm that enables manufacturers to verify product quality by performing inspections, tool certifications, CAD-to-part analysis, and reverse engineering via hard probing and non-contact laser scanning.?

Last Glance at IMTS 2010

It would be impossible to cover all of the key exhibitors at IMTS 2010—even if every booth got merely a quick glance. However, the editors of MMS did get glimpses of some interesting technologies exhibited at the show...

Portable CMM Slashes Inspection Time

For very large parts, portable measuring solutions can be more practical than traditional CMMs and gages. One such unit from FARO helped this shop reduce inspection time by 80 percent on a large, cast iron housing.

Getting New Business with Big Machines

These shops saved themselves from dependence on the declining automotive sector thanks in part to their commitment to large-scale machining capacity.

Replacing Turning with Grinding

This compressor maker��s custom impeller profiles used to present a sticky machining problem. Now, the parts no longer need the wax that turning used to require.

More Than Big Machines

This shop specializes in very large components such as rotor hubs and support bases for wind turbines. Its lineup of large horizontal boring mills can handle parts weighing 40,000 pounds and 12 feet on a side. However, the shop��s success also lies in other manufacturing resources and strategies. These include material handling equipment, customized tooling, special fixtures and wireless, portable measuring systems.

Increased Accuracy And Portability For Measuring Arms

Multi-axis, computer-aided measuring arms offer accuracy comparable to a CMM in a portable design. A new version of such an arm is said to be the first 8-foot measuring arm that can achieve an accuracy of 0.0007 inch.

No Wires, No Worries

A wireless network can operate safely and effectively in a hostile shop floor environment, as the experience of this welding and machining company shows. Interference from other sources of radio waves can be avoided by installing suitable data access point hardware. Data security can be established with encryption and other techniques.

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