Four Arms are Better than Three

By DE Editors

GKS Inspection Services (Plymouth, MI) has purchased a fourth FARO Platinum portable-CMM articulated arm to once again increase the capacity of its Detroit-area dimensional inspection services. This is the second new FARO arm in less than six months, allowing the company, which is a division of Laser Design Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), to answer the demand for portable on-site scanning, inspection, and reverse engineering services.

The new 12-foot arm is fully integrated with both a touch probe and a Laser Design 3D laser scanner. GKS’ system configuration includes FARO’s CAM2 measurement software and contact probes, along with a Laser Design SLP-330 laser scanner and a laptop PC loaded with Geomagic software. Also, by switching in the SLP-2000 high-speed laser probe with an 8 in.-long (200mm) laser line and dual CMOS receptors, GKS can scan even larger parts at a customer site. 

More information is available at gks3d.com.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.