Hexagon Debuts Absolute Arm Range

The Manufacturing Intelligence division of Hexagon has unveiled its Absolute Arm range.

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A standout feature of the new Absolute Arm is its modular wrist design, the company reports. This allows both the RS5 Laser Scanner and the pistol grip to be completely removed, facilitating easy probing in tight spaces. When reattached for laser scanning applications, various grip sizes are available to ensure a perfect fit for every user. The new wrist also now features a display screen that allows for measurement result oversight, profile switching and calibration at the point of measurement, reducing time spent switching attention between the arm and its control computer.

“Over the last eight years we’ve received a lot of positive and constructive customer feedback, and hopefully people will see how this has informed our design,” says Anthony Vianna, Product Manager for the Absolute Arm range. “Many customers told us they needed to measure in smaller and smaller spaces, like cavities or inside complex fixtures, and it was that sort of direct-from-the-user intelligence that drove us to create the most compact scanning configuration on the market today.

“We examined everything about the arm: how people were using it; how users measure different parts; how they move their arm around their facility; how the arm communicates with them; how to make the arm more serviceable,” he adds. “And that process is what brought us to where we are today – with a new arm that offers improvements in every single area, across accuracy, speed, efficiency, weight, serviceability and versatility.”

This new Absolute Arm range retains all the features of the previous generation of ROMER Absolute Arm systems. These include Absolute Encoders that eliminate referencing and warmup times and diagnostic reporting, as well as low-friction rotating grips and a counterweight system that facilitate easy movement and measurement. Also still present is the capacity to measure at full speed without a reduction in accuracy.

The new Absolute Arm models are also available in a six-axis version designed for dedicated probing applications. Within this category is the new Absolute Arm Compact, which replaces the previous ROMER Absolute Arm Compact as an accurate portable measuring arm in the world, with accuracy now to within just 6 microns. The full Absolute Arm range is available across seven sizes, with measurement radiuses from 1.2 to 4.5 meters and three levels of accuracy, resulting in 36 arm configurations.

The complete Absolute Arm range is now available to order.

For more info, visit Hexagon.

Sources: Press materials received from the company.