Hexagon Opens Canadian Calibration Laboratory

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has opened an OEM laboratory at its Precision Center in Oakville, Ontario. The calibration lab will serve as the main Canadian center to support and service Absolute Arms used for portable measurement and inspection applications. At the new lab, Hexagon technicians will perform testing and calibration procedures traceable to national and international standards to ensure customers receive reliable results and consistent data.

The Oakville Precision Center is a large training facility equipped with Absolute Arms for customer use as well as a new shipping and receiving bay. The new training area will also support Hexagon’s metrology software portfolio, PC-DMIS, REcreate and Inspire, for data acquisition and management, analysis, reporting and reverse engineering applications.

The Oakville calibration laboratory will function as a service hub to ensure system accuracy and repeatability with routine certification and calibration services for portable arms in Canada. Portable Absolute Arms are designed to allow users to measure and inspect parts or assemblies directly in a manufacturing environment. They enable high-speed scanning and ultra-high-accuracy touch probe measurement of small to medium-sized parts, according to the company.

“The new calibration laboratory ensures Hexagon’s Canadian customers receive best-in-class services and technical support,” states David Hill, director of commercial operations – Canada, Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. “We are now able to calibrate, certify, and repair all Absolute Arms, as well as recertify legacy Stinger and Romer portable arms, without shipping equipment outside of Canada. This national hub adds a greater level of convenience for clients that send in their arms for recertification on an annual basis.”