LAKE MARY, Fla., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO, the world leader
in portable 3-D measurement and imaging technology, announced that it has won
the Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award from the National Center for
Advanced Technologies (NCAT).
The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM)
assembled a team to improve manufacturing methods for Naval submarine tapers
and carrier propulsion drive shafts.
The team consisted of the NCDMM, the Applied Research Laboratory of Penn
State University, and FARO. Their solution included developing an advanced
measurement system that dramatically reduced the in-process and final
inspection stages for the shafts. FARO adapted the technology and software for
the solution, which employed a FARO Laser Tracker that accurately mapped the
entire surface of each taper while the shaft remained on the machine tool.
The solution reduced inspection time from 72 hours to 24 hours for a 66%
reduction over the previous method and easily transitioned to multiple shafts
and shipyards. The project resulted in more consistent inspection processes,
longer shaft life, elimination of costly gauge masters, and increased
flexibility to accommodate design changes -- all of which resulted in reduced
run times and increased the shipyards cost savings up to $8 million.
About FARO
With approximately 18,000 installations and 8,600 customers globally, FARO
Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets portable, computerized
measurement & imaging devices and software used to create digital models -- or
to perform evaluations against an existing model -- for anything requiring
highly detailed 3-D measurements, including part and assembly inspection,
factory planning and asset documentation, as well as specialized applications
ranging from surveying, recreating accident and crime scenes to digitally
preserving historical sites.
FARO's technology increases productivity by dramatically reducing the
amount of on-site measuring time, and the various industry-specific software
packages enable users to process and present their results quickly and more
effectively.
Principal products include the world's best-selling portable measurement
arm -- the FaroArm; the world's best-selling laser tracker -- the FARO Laser
Tracker; the FARO Laser ScanArm; FARO Photon Laser Scanners; the FARO Gage,
Gage-PLUS and PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 Q family of advanced CAD-based
measurement and reporting software. FARO Technologies is ISO-9001 certified
and ISO-17025 laboratory registered.
SOURCE FARO Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global PR Manager, +1-407-333-9911,
Darin.Sahler@faro.com, of FARO Technologies, Inc./
/Web site: http://www.faro.com /
(FARO)