(Prrrfect: Carlsbad, CA) -- Prrrfect Technologies LLC has chosen the CONTROL 2011 exposition, held May 3–6 in Stuttgart, Germany, to launch its portable direct computer controlled coordinate measuring machine (DCC CMM) specifically designed to support production operations such as precision machining and toolmaking.

The innovative zCAT will be exhibited along with Kreon Technologies’ 3-D scanning solutions.

zCAT, which is battery powered, is targeted at shop-floor measurement, a rapidly growing segment of the dimensional measurement and inspection market. “The zCAT is an alternative to portable arms, on-the-machine touch probing, and more cumbersome stationary CMMs that require electrical and pneumatic connections,” says Hank Kraus, president and CEO of Prrrfect.

“This entry-level machine is so intuitive to operate it needs no joystick for positioning,” says Kraus. “Accuracy specified to industry standards is 8 microns in the measurement volume.”

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