| Renishaw's machine tool touch probes, laser probes and software can help reduce set-up times by up to 90% and improve your process control. Key products include touch-trigger probes, machine probes, laser toolsetters, contact toolsetters, tool recognition systems, machine tool probe software and probe styli that automate part setting, fixture setting, tool setting, broken tool detection, in-cycle gauging, part verification and on-machine verification.
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| Stonehouse - new machine shop
'Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense.' - wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay 'Art', more than one hundred years before the Japanese were credited with introducing the concept of common sense to the 'art' of manufacturing. [58 kB] | |
| Boosting automation and reducing lead times of complex parts on Citizen lathes
A revolutionary new approach to setting and controlling complex machining processes on sliding head lathes has been developed by Renishaw on Citizen lathes located within its Stonehouse machine shop. Currently on trial this new approach to on-machine probing is helping Renishaw benefit from dramatically reduced set times and the confidence to run ‘lights out’ on even the most sophisticated parts. [38 kB] | |
| Manufacturing job vacancies
Renishaw's facilities in the UK and Ireland feature state of the art manufacturing techniques. In our machine shop we have award winning machining systems controlled by Renishaw probing and calibration systems. Assembly of components is undertaken in 'cells' where multi-skilled assemblers take the complete responsibility for build, test and quality of the finished product. [21 kB] | |
| Manufacturing
The new facility at Stonehouse has enabled Renishaw's Manufacturing Services Division (MSD) to plan the layout of the Group's piece part manufacturing operations within the 80,000 ft sq of factory space. The refurbishment, which commenced in April 2005, was completed in December 2005. [20 kB] | |
| Renishaw expertise assists the readers of leading machine tool industry magazine
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 advising on aerospace machining. [49 kB] | |
| Probing beyond prismatic
Article about Renishaw's use of touch probes on Swiss-type lathes and mill-turn machines written by world leading magazine Modern Machine Shop [46 kB] | |
| Machine tool probes and software
Renishaw's machine tool touch probes, laser probes and software can help reduce set-up times by up to 90% and improve your process control. Key products include touch-trigger probes, machine probes, laser toolsetters, contact toolsetters, tool recognition systems, machine tool probe software and probe styli that automate part setting, fixture setting, tool setting, broken tool detection, in-cycle gauging, part verification and on-machine verification. [18 kB] | |
| Machine tool retrofit
Machine tool retrofits and probe upgrades [20 kB] | |
| Renishaw’s inspection tools help optimise VMC precision for HAAS
You are here: Home » Corporate » Renishaw news » Calibration and machine performance testing » HAAS ballbar Renishaw’s inspection tools help optimise VMC precision for HAAS HAAS Automation Inc. used to fine-tune every one of its VF vertical machining centres through a mechanical fore-and-aft loading test, with... [28 kB] | |
| On-machine geometric measurement significantly enhanced with new measurement and reporting capability
Renishaw, the world’s leading supplier of PC-based measurement software for CNC machine tools, is releasing a new version of its Renishaw OMV Pro software, a powerful package that works with touch probes to give advanced on-machine part verification and machine simulation capabilities. Now supporting Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Renishaw OMV Pro 2.02 adds more advanced co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) style capability with an extended range of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) funct [37 kB] | |
| Renishaw retrofit
Transform your CMM with a complete retrofit solution, supplied and supported by Renishaw. [24 kB] | |
| Renishaw news
News for the metalworking, metrology, toolmaking, automation and motion control industries.
You can download Renishaw's latest product news, case stories, technical articles and company news. [69 kB] | |
| JCB go wireless to take full control of chassis production - “…scrapping an assembly is simply not an option.”
You are here: Home » Corporate » Renishaw news » Machine tool automation articles » JCB go wireless JCB go wireless to take full control of chassis production - “…scrapping an assembly is simply not an option.” In a corner of its sprawling factory, just outside the town of Cheadle in Staffordshire, UK, world-famous... [40 kB] | |
| QC10 ballbar a key quality and productivity tool in Rockwell Automation's Power Lean manufacturing
QC10 ballbar used for both diagnosis and predictive maintenance to keep machine tools running and producing to specification. Rockwell Automation Power Systems specialises in providing technologies and services for optimising power transmission performance and productivity. The company has turned its analytical and creative skills to developing an integrated process for continuous improvement of the manufacturing processes in its own plants. [32 kB] | |
| Stunning large-scale images achieved with speed and repeatability
Like other technologies, it’s taken for granted. But, modern printing is a miracle of engineering precision, where producing a beautiful print is almost as complex as building a beautiful car. Thanks to Renishaw laser measurement technology, one company’s large-scale printers are considered the safe bet for consistency, reliability and stunning images. [30 kB] | |
| CMM inspection
Renishaw's latest CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) product news, case stories and technical articles, allowing manufacturing industry to increase inspection throughput and achieve substantial cost savings. [41 kB] | |