Independent measurement solutions provider Status Metrology and OEM Hexagon are celebrating a ‘unique’ 20-year partnership, which helped pave the way for a second user machine market in the UK.Read More

In Autumn 2016 Status Metrology enlisted the services of a ‘5S’ Business Consultant. We were aware that we had untapped potential in our working environment and we wanted to improve on this. After the initial meeting and walk around we quickly established that we were holding a stock of items that were never going to be commercially beneficial to our customer base. We recognised that storing unsuitable items was effectively costing the business money and it would also free up a lot of much-needed space. In accordance with the ‘5S’ procedure, we thoroughly sorted through the items we wished to keep and organised them so they could be found quickly from a revised storage area.Read More

Having worked with state of the art measuring machines for the last 30 years, on 18th May, we unveiled a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) at Shrewsbury College that will be used to train the next generation of British metrologists. This CMM machine is a part of a £250,000+ investment in the engineering lab at Shrewsbury, which includes machinery, training equipment, apps and curriculum support. Read More

In general terms there are 3 types of controls for coordinate Measuring Machines:

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PTSM Ltd of Newton Aycliffe has invested in a High Precision CNC CMM that will streamline quality processes and allow it to take on new work.

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