FARO Shatters Price Barrier With New Gage & Gage-PLUS
September 07 2004 - 3:59PM
PR Newswire (US)
FARO Shatters Price Barrier With New Gage & Gage-PLUS LAKE
MARY, Fla., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies,
Inc., the market-share leader in the portable coordinate
measurement machine (CMM) field, announced the release of two new,
inexpensive versions of one of its most popular devices. The FARO
Gage and FARO Gage-PLUS will sell for $12,500 and $19,900,
respectively, and are intended to empower small machine shops with
3D measurement capabilities not currently available with less-
advanced quality control methods. (Logo:
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"Calipers, height gages, etc., have low initial costs, but it's the
hidden, in-process expense that's costly," FARO CEO and President
Simon Raab explained. "They can't meet the increasing demand for
parts-inspection certification data. The new FARO Gage line
provides an affordable solution and an immediate R.O.I. because of
its ease of use, superior data gathering and reporting capability."
The FARO Gage and FARO Gage-PLUS were specifically created for
machinists to be convenient, and intuitive enough for shop-floor
personnel to produce faster, more-accurate results. Setting up in
seconds, each is ready to measure right out of the box so users can
inspect parts, molds and assemblies directly on the machinery
producing them. Based on feedback from the first wave of Gage
customers, FARO is offering two different models with accuracy for
very high or intermediate precision applications. In either case
the .0004"-accurate FARO Gage or the .0002"-accurate FARO Gage-PLUS
competes well with small fixed CMMS that are exponentially more
expensive and complex. They are also powerful enough for advanced
3-D measurement and statistical analysis, like GD&T and SPC. In
addition, it automatically records all of the user's measurements
and creates comprehensive reports. "Basically, it makes a shop more
productive and profitable by making their machinists' jobs more
efficient," FARO Hardware Product Manager Shaun Mymudes said. "They
don't have to transcribe numbers -- which is an error-prone process
with other hand-held measurement tools -- or perform any
calculations. They'll have the action-ready data they need to
immediately fix their parts and processes, which decreases downtime
and scrap." Big Dog Motorcycles of Wichita, Kan., uses the
.0002"-accurate model to monitor both 2-D and 3-D properties of
hardware. "On incoming parts, we use it to check things like hole
centers and perpendicularity of parts," said BDM Quality Control
Manager Mike Davis. "On assemblies, we check planar relationships,
such as the location of a brake rotor with respect to the caliper.
You cannot do this with mechanical gages because there is no way to
recreate the planes that you are measuring." The Gage systems come
equipped with a tough laptop computer, and can be customized with a
complete line of accessories to best fit a shop's needs. The new
CMMs will be available for demonstrations at IMTS in Chicago,
September 8- 15, as well as the Gage Tour events being held in
major manufacturing cities around the world. Dates and information
are available at http://www.faro.com/ . Download 300dpi images for
this release at http://www.faro.com/Newsroom/Image_Gallery.asp
About FARO FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) and its
international subsidiaries design, develop, and market software and
portable, computerized measurement devices. The Company's products
allow manufacturers to perform 3-D inspections of parts and
assemblies on the shop floor. This helps eliminate manufacturing
errors, and thereby increases productivity and profitability for a
variety of industries in FARO's worldwide customer base. Principal
products include the FARO Laser ScanArm, FARO Gage, Platinum and
Titanium FaroArms, Control Station measurement system, the FARO
Laser Tracker, the Advantage FaroArm and Advantage Tracker, and a
CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting
software. FARO Technologies is ISO 9001 certified and Guide 25
approved. Learn more at http://www.faro.com/ .
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CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global Public Relations Officer, FARO
Technologies, Inc., +1-407-333-9911, ext. 1137, or Web site:
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