FARO Receives Another Major Laser Tracker Order from Boeing
December 01 2005 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKE MARY, Fla., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO), the world's only single source
for a complete line of portable CAM2 solutions, announced the
receipt of an order for 12 FARO Laser Tracker Xi units from The
Boeing Company. "This latest order follows a 10-Laser Tracker order
for Boeing's Rotorcraft Facility in Philadelphia, Pa., in July,"
FARO CEO and Chairman Simon Raab said. "We are pleased to continue
the relationship by supplying these additional units inside Boeing
thanks to our exceptional new product line and team support." The
Computer Aided Manufacturing Group of Boeing Integrated Defense
Systems in Seattle, Wash., will use five of the FARO Trackers to
support multiple defense projects. The other seven Trackers will be
used in Everett, Wash. for the Boeing 747 Automated Fuselage
Assembly program in Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and tooling
inspection. The FARO Laser Tracker is a portable, three-dimensional
measurement system that uses laser technology to effectively and
accurately measure large parts, tooling and machinery within its
230-ft. range. Set on a tripod, it operates by bouncing a beam off
a movable, reflective target that is guided along the surface to be
measured. By simultaneously measuring two angles and the distance,
it can pinpoint the position of the target to an accuracy of up to
0.001 in. As a user moves the target from one location to another,
the Tracker follows, recording position points in the software of
its laptop computer. If, at any point, the beam between the Tracker
and target is interrupted, its XtremeADM feature allows it to re-
acquire the beam without returning to a reference point. Once the
target has been traced over the entire object, the Tracker compiles
a 3D image of the object as a digital file. Besides its
applications at Boeing and other aerospace companies, FARO Laser
Trackers are also used in many other industries for tasks where
large- scale, high-precision measurement is needed, including
aligning robotic assemblies. About FARO With more than 9,100
installations and 4,100 customers globally, FARO Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:FARO) and its international subsidiaries design, develop,
and market software and portable, computerized measurement devices.
The Company's products allow manufacturers to perform 3D
inspections of parts and assemblies on the shop floor. This helps
eliminate manufacturing errors, and thereby increases productivity
and profitability for a variety of industries in FARO's worldwide
customer base. Principal products include the FARO Laser ScanArm;
FARO Laser Scanner LS; FARO Gage and Gage-PLUS; Platinum, Digital
Template, Titanium, Advantage FaroArms; the FARO Laser Tracker X
and Xi; and the CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement and
reporting software. FARO Technologies is ISO 9001 certified and
ISO-17025 laboratory registered. DATASOURCE: FARO Technologies,
Inc. CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global Public Relations Officer, , or
Greg Fraser, EVP, , both of FARO Technologies, Inc.,
+1-407-333-9911 Web site: http://www.faro.com/
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