(NDI: Waterloo, ON, Canada) -- NDI has expanded the versatility of its OPTOTRAK PROseries portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) with the addition of the wireless Universal Probe Controller. This new addition provides complete freedom of movement for all of the NDI probing options. When combined with the Multisided Probe (MSP) with 360° viewing, the user is free to measure without restriction. The powerful combination of an MSP and the Universal Probe Controller can be further enhanced when fitted with an AUTOsense Touch Trigger module.

Together, this combination gives the operator complete, untethered freedom to move within the 20-cubic-meter measuring envelope of the OPTOTRAK PROseries, capturing 3-D or 6-D data.

As a touch trigger probe, AUTOsense reduces unnecessary tip-deflection errors by automatically taking measurements when the probe stylus contacts the workpiece. During contact-surface scanning, AUTOsense ceases measuring when the stylus loses contact with the workpiece, eliminating invalid points and manual data trimming. In addition, a quick-release changing system ends the need for additional tools and stylus recalibration. The AUTOsense Touch Trigger module was designed specifically for NDI by Renishaw.

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