Cairnhill Metrology

Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence Division offers a uniquely powerful combination of software and hardware solutions, supporting innovators to supercharge quality across the value chain from ideation, design, engineering, production, operations, quality management and service life.

Cairnhill Metrology supplies Hexagon’s Absolute Arm Portable CMMs, Leica Absolute Tracker Systems, Structured Light Scanner Systems and Handheld 3D Scanners.

In metrology, the more rigid the system, the more accurate it can be―whereas additional freedoms of flexible motion would increase the total error or uncertainties. However, quality and safety today require the measurement of larger parts and less accessible features at production sites, shop floors, aircraft hangars, refineries, and so forth, which necessitates flexibility and portability.

Quality Assurance Anywhere! Advances in optics, electronics and software have helped improve the accuracy of portable metrology, allowing measurements to be made anywhere, in production and quality environments. If your part is too large to load on your CMM, bring your CMM to the part!

HEXAGON ABSOLUTE ARM PORTABLE CMMS

Hexagon Absolute Arm Portable CMMs are used for dimensional verification, alignment for assembly, CAD comparison inspection, 3D scanning, reverse engineering, product development, rapid prototyping, tube geometry inspection, and other quality assurance and process improvement operations. They provide fast inspection cycles, helping to reduce scrap and increase manufacturing efficiency in more than 100 industries, including aerospace, automotive, heavy equipment, defence, shipbuilding, off-highway vehicles, tube bending, furniture, machine shops, moulded plastics, sheet metal, die and mould shops, product designers and other markets.

They are offered in multiple flexible configurations supporting a wide array of applications:

3 Series – 87, 85 and 83, from the highest possible accuracy to the simplest operations

6 Axis models for the highest precision with tactile probing, while being able to use the basic HP-L-8.9 external scanner

7 Axis SE models to support flexible laser scanning with the flagship Absolute Scanner AS1 with IP54 protection

7 Axis SI models with cost-effective integrated RS5 laser scanner

Main sizes range from 2m, 2.5m, 3m, 3.5m, 4m and 4.5m

Bench Top CMM equivalent Compact model with 1.2m range is available

Bending Studio Software suite for tube or wire bending with DOCS (Data Overlay Camera System), designed for the tube bending industry

Hexagon LEICA ABSOLUTE TRACKER Systems

Leica Laser Tracker Systems have been at the forefront of laser tracking technology for the past three decades, enabling companies worldwide to deliver innovative products, achieve unprecedented tolerances, substantially increase productivity, and lower manufacturing costs. The range includes:

Leica Absolute Tracker ATS800 delivers accurate measurement of key features from a distance, using direct scanning to meet the demands of low-tolerance inspection and alignment in aerospace and other large-scale manufacturing sectors.

Leica Absolute Tracker ATS600 is a fully functional 3D laser tracker, capable of reflector measurement at distances of up to 80m thanks to its integrated Absolute Distance Meter technology.

Leica Absolute Tracker AT960 / 930 for the highest accuracy, ultra-compact, high-speed, large-volume measurements using reflectors, Leica T-Probe touch probe and Leica T-Scan 5 or AS1 laser scanners

Leica Absolute Tracker AT500 entry-level ultra-compact large volume laser tracker measuring with reflectors or with Leica B-Probe^plus touch probe.

HEXAGON STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNER SYSTEMS

Hexagon Structured Light Scanner Systems (formerly Breuckmann, then AICON) are comprehensive 3D optical measurement solutions that deliver high-accuracy data capture at high speed for small to medium-sized parts.

Hexagon Structured Light Scanner Systems comprise the following: