Readers of PTB (Photonic Tech Briefs) have elected the Cognitens WLS400A/M 3D optical white light measurement system from Hexagon Metrology as one of the three products of the year 2011. The award is aimed at the most promising new products in the field of photonic engineering.
The Cognitens WLS400M (manual model) and Cognitens WLS400A (automatic model) white-light measuring systems use stereo vision technology to generate 3D data. They incorporate LED technology for measuring or reverse engineering a wide variety of surface finishes. Cognitens WLS400M is the only high-performance 3D white-light scanner that can be used in portable mode.
Remember thatHexagon Metrology has leading brands in dimensional metrology such as Brown & Sharpe, Cognitens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h Inprocess Messtechnik, Optiv, PC-DMIS, Quindos, Romer and Tesa. The brands Hexagon Metrology represent a global installed base of several million CMMs, portable measurement systems and handheld instruments, and tens of thousands of metrology software licenses.
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