The new Renscan5 coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) from Renishaw Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill. (renishaw.com), uses a touch probe or stylus to make measurements at up to 500 mm/sec (or 4,000 data ...
The decision to add a high-speed-scanning CMM should be based largely on what it does, not how much it costs. Measurement uncertainty drops dramatically as the number of data points increases.