Renishaw plc

NC Service, a Swedish machine tool calibration and maintenance company, who work with key CNC machine users, was one of the first users worldwide to take delivery of Renishaw's QC20-W ballbar . The new design eliminates issues with the previous QC10 when used on large machines or where its data cable had to be fed through machine guarding.

New products that increase machine tool automation and process control, and a new wireless device for assessing the performance of machines before metal cutting begins, will be a major feature of Renishaw’s stand at WESTEC 2010, taking place in Los Angeles from March 23rd to 25th. There will also be a range of new motion control products, including a true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications.

D3 Technologies Ltd, a world leading provider of trace level detection technologies based on the exploitation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS), today announced that it has appointed David Burns as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Renishaw has announced the launch of a successor to its well established QC10 ballbar system; a tool adopted worldwide for the assessment of machine tool positioning and servo control performance.

Renishaw has extended its market leading range of machine tool testing and calibration systems, with AxiSet Check-Up, a new cost-effective solution for checking the alignment and positioning performance of rotary axes.

Designed for applications requiring one or more operations to be synchronised with a motion axis, Renishaw’s TONiC Dual Output (DOP) encoder interface provides simultaneous digital quadrature and analogue 1 Vpp signals via a 26-way D-type connector. Typically, the interface is connected so that the analogue signals are wired to the motion controller, whilst the digital signals (with resolutions to 5 nm) are routed to the timing circuit of a synchronised operation, such as a camera flash on an inspection machine.