Renishaw Offers Free Software Upgrade for ML10 Laser Calibration Systems
August 2006 - Renishaw's Calibration Products Division is offering present users of its ML10 laser calibration systems free upgrade to the latest version of its Laser 10 software package. The Laser 10.06 Windows® software is standard-priced at $895 for upgrades, but ML10 users simply need to visit renishaw.com/Laser10upgrade and complete an on-line request form to receive the free package. The one-time offer is available until December 2006. As a bonus, recipients will also receive a free copy of the comprehensive Systems Users Guide and reference manual on CD-ROM. Accessible from within Laser 10, this is a great help to users in proper system setup and software assistance.
The ML10 laser interferometer calibration system is widely used by OEMs and end-users in research, design, manufacturing and maintenance applications in fields ranging from machine tools, CMMs, motion control, and aerospace manufacturing to semiconductor processing, flat panel display production and biotech assay machines.
Earliest models are now about 17 years old, says Clive Warren, Business Manager-Calibration Products. "Mechanically, the systems can still operate just fine," he notes, "but user software can be generations old. We get calls from customers who want to move up to latest and greatest PCs, but find the original software is incompatible. Other users may just not be aware of the benefits that the latest software can offer. We're offering the free software to minimize customers' problems, let them access the advantages of Windows® operating systems, and streamline our support for users with obsolete software."
Early versions of the ML10 software were DOS-based, limiting users to keyboard commands. The Laser10.06 software gives them the advantages of point-and-click mouse operation, while offering backward compatibility for keyboard commands, said Warren.
Created for Windows®XP, the Laser 10.06 software can be used with both notebook and desktop computers. The software allows users the capability of both static and dynamic data capture (where hardware supports this) and provides data analysis for national and international CMM and machine tool testing standards.
Users with Windows®XP PCs can add Renishaw's optional new QuickView software package that makes ML10 lasers even more flexible and powerful tools by displaying continuous "streaming" data from the laser interferometer as a live oscilloscope type display on the PC screen. QuickView allows engineers to study minute variations in linear or angular displacement, velocity or acceleration. Simple point and measure operation avoids the need for predefined measurement targets and sequences. The real-time analysis of motion and positional characteristics can provide critical insight to machine developers and builders as well as engineering, research and academic institutions.
The newest version of the ML10, the ML10 Gold Standard laser interferometer system, provides linear position resolution down to 1 nm, range of up to 80 m and accuracy of ±0.7 ppm over the full environmental operating range (0°-40°C). That versatility enables calibration of both large and small motion systems with state-of-the-art precision.
For more information on the ML10 laser interferometer, contact:
Clive Warren
Business Manager- Calibration Products
Renishaw Inc.
Phone 847-286-9953
Fax 847-286-9974
Email: Clive.Warren@Renishaw.com
visit www.renishaw.com/calibration
For a detailed look at other productivity enhancements for metrology, machine tool, linear position feedback, and calibration products, visits Renishaw's web site at: www.renishaw.com
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