Optical Measuring Projector offers 16 in. screen.

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Horizontal, benchtop Model HE400 MkIII features screen with integral hood, precision crosslines, and calibration markings. Fan-cooled, halogen profile illumination, with high/low intensity, allows user to adjust lighting. Magnifications of 10x, 20x, 25x, 31.25x, and 50x to 100x are available. Product has 10 x 4 in. measuring travel and workstage with 18.9 x 4.7 in. top plate. It accommodates up to 55 lb with negligible deflection and includes Quadra-Chek Digital Readout System.



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New Starrett Horizontal Benchtop Measuring Projector Delivers Exceptional Performance at a Competitive Price



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, IMTS '04, Booth No. D-4327 (September 8, 2004) The L. S. Starrett Company has introduced a new large-screen Benchtop Optical Measuring Projector, the HE400 MkIII. The competitively priced HE400 MkIII provides a combination of excellent image quality coupled with a full range of features.

The HE400 MkIII produces bright, sharp images on a large, fully usable 16" screen featuring an integral hood, precision crosslines, and calibration markings. Fan-cooled halogen profile illumination with high/low intensity allows the user to adjust screen lighting. Magnifications of 10x, 20x, 25x, 31.25x, 50x to 100x are available. The unit is also fitted with a choice of several industry-leading Quadra-Chek Digital Readout Systems, making it easy to use and able to satisfy the most complex measurement requirements.

This full-featured measuring projector has a 10" x 4" measuring travel, a high precision workstage with an 18.9" x 4.7" top plate, and will accommodate up to 55 lbs. with negligible deflection. The workstage is mounted on a sturdy cast iron subframe to provide absolute stability, especially when measuring of larger or heavier components.

The HE400 MkIII also comes equipped with fully retractable duplex fiberoptic surface illumination, fine adjustment on all axes, a digital protractor for accurate angular measurements, Heidenhain .00005" resolution scales, and a lamphouse-mounted helix adjustment for accurate threadform inspection.

"The HE400 MkIII has specifications not normally found in a projector in its price range," according to Tony Aspin, Starrett Vice-President of Sales. "Its exceptional features and incredibly compact design make it the ideal projector for a wide variety of applications."

HE400 MkIII measuring projectors have the option of automatic edge detection. A wide range of accessories is also available.

Starrett has the most extensive line of optical measuring projectors in the industry, with benchtop and floor standing models of both horizontal and vertical systems, all available with a choice of several state-of-the-art readout/software options.

Since it's founding nearly 125 years ago, The L. S. Starrett Company has earned a reputation as the world's preeminent supplier of precision measuring tools and equipment. For more information about the new HE400 MkIII Measuring Projector, please contact The L. S. Starrett Company, Metrology Systems Division in Kennesaw GA, Tel 770-590-7737, cmmsales@starrett.com or www.starrett.com

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