CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
March 2005
Company News
Delcam to Launch New CNC version of PowerINSPECT at Quality Expo
Delcam will demonstrate new CNC-based inspection techniques in its PowerINSPECT inspection software at the Quality Expo to be held in Rosemont, Illinois, from 19th to 21st April. The new CNC capabilities will allow PowerINSPECT to be programmed off-line for the inspection of sample parts against a master CAD model during production. Previously, the software could only undertake repeated inspection cycles through teach-and-learn methods.
Inspection against CAD data is becoming more important throughout the manufacturing cycle as most design data is now issued as CAD models rather than as drawings. The new PowerINSPECT off-line programming functionality will increase the productivity possible from any CNC co-ordinate measuring machine by eliminating the interruptions needed for manual programming. Full simulation capabilities within the software will allow the proposed inspection sequence to be tested on the computer, before being transferred to the CMM.
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