Latest version of machine tool performance analysis software is now free of charge for existing users of Renishaw’s QC10 ballbar

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. Designated Ballbar5 HPS v5.08, the software has been extensively re-written to ensure full compatibility and enhance performance and stability.

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Wireless QC20-W ballbar loses cable and gains support

NC Service, a Swedish machine tool calibration and maintenance company, who work with key CNC machine users, was one of the first users worldwide to take delivery of Renishaw's QC20-W ballbar. The new design eliminates issues with the previous QC10 when

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Renishaw supports new US HTEC centre with performance testing tool

Haas, one of the world’s leading machine tool manufacturers, has boosted its Haas Technical Education Centre (HTEC) programme in the USA, with the opening of a dedicated HTEC teacher training centre at Vincennes University (VU), Indiana. To support the ne

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QC20-W ballbar system boosts confidence in pre-owned machine tool sales

Any company buying a used machine tool needs to be certain of its ability to deliver the accuracy demanded by its manufacturing process. For many companies, pre-purchase condition-checking by a certified machine inspector and thorough static accuracy meas

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Advanced ballbar training achieves "better than new" machine tool accuracy

Ballbar testing is nothing new to those who use fleets of machine tools, including people like Wayne Ross and Jacob Hebbeler of Silfex Inc based at Eaton, Ohio. Both have used ballbar analysis to maintain and enhance the accuracy of the plant’s 50+ machin

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KMTC promotes the quality standards of Chinese 5-axis CNC machine tools

Kunming Machine Tool Company Ltd, China, (KMTC) has developed a variety of ‘China’s first’ high performance machine tools, leading the development of machinery and the machine tool industry in China. As a market leader in metrology, Renishaw has provided

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