(XPRESS Precision Engineering: Eindhoven, The Netherlands) — XPRESS Precision Engineering B.V. announces its next series of tactile probes: the Heimen series. This range is positioned between ultra precision probes and standard scanning probes. The Heimen series combines the best of both worlds and from now on it is possible to conduct 3-D scanning measurements with submicron accuracy for a competitive price. The new series is specifically targeted at OEMs of multisensor measurement machines and OEMs of machining centers and will be available early 2010.

Machining centers today can produce objects with uncertainties far below a micron. Aligning objects, conducting measurements during machining and post-production quality control need to be conducted with this same uncertainty. Due to the size of features and objects in micromanufacturing, it is important to measure with spheres as small as possible.

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