Hexagon Metrology to Bundle PolyWorks Software Suite with Portable and Stationary CMM Sales in North America

InnovMetric Software Inc. (Quebec City, Canada) and Hexagon Metrology, Inc. (North Kingstown, RI) have signed an agreement for the distribution of the PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software platform from InnovMetric. Under this agreement, Hexagon Metrology will bundle PolyWorks software with industrial measuring systems from four of its core brands: ROMER, Leica Geosystems, DEA and Brown & Sharpe sold in North America. The agreement covers all of Hexagon's point cloud processing needs on ROMER "ScanShark" laser probe equipped portable measuring arms, plus Leica Laser Trackers and Leica T-Scan 3D digitizer systems. Brown & Sharpe brand "ScanShark" laser probe equipped Global bridge-type CMMs and DEA brand horizontal arm and gantry CMMs will also have a PolyWorks/Modeler option available.

The hardware and software combination allows manufacturers to quickly digitize parts and use the resulting point cloud data to inspect, reverse-engineer and perform other computer-aided engineering tasks such as finite element analysis, rapid prototyping, and computational fluid dynamics. Manufacturers in aerospace, among other industries, can benefit from this solution.

"This agreement represents a major business opportunity to partner with a world-leading supplier of stationary and portable CMMs and 3D laser scanners," says Marc Soucy, President of InnovMetric Software Inc.

"In addition to the demand for new hardware systems, we have observed that retro-fitting of existing CMMs with laser scanners is also a key growing market. Combining Hexagon's strong position in the 3D measurement technologies with our PolyWorks inspection and reverse engineering solution will enable both organizations to increase even further their respective market share in North America," he continues.

"We are very pleased to be able to introduce this range of non-contact scanning packages to the market," says Bill Gruber, President and CEO of Hexagon Metrology, Inc. "PolyWorks has significant acceptance at many of our major OEM customers, most of which already own multiple Hexagon Metrology technologies such as portable and stationary CMMs.

"The addition of PolyWorks for new equipment from Brown & Sharpe, DEA, ROMER and Leica Geosystems, plus existing equipment upgrades, represents a great benefit for our customers who wish to collect and analyze large amounts of free-form data."