Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Digitizers, Renishaw

>Bill,
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>Thanks for the history. We should do something like that here in the
>U.S. for our "knights of industry".
>
>Best Regards,
>Alan Marconett KM6VV
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>
>Bill Phillips wrote:
>>
>> >Bill,
>> >
>> >Thanks very much for the comments. They are VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
>> >Many of us on the list find it challenging to be able to build our own
>> >hardware and software, and relish a challenge! I'm sure we appreciate
>> >the intent and value of patents to the industry.
>> >
>> >A Knighthood? Can you elaborate?
>> >
>> >Alan KM6VV
>>
>> The origins of probes like the ones we are discussing go back to the

>> 70's. Rolls Royce were having trouble measuring their turbine blades. 2D
>> measuring was not a problem but turbine blades are of course twisted

>> their length and an absolute pig to measure with normal 2D instruments.
>> David McMurtry designed the original probe and then set up Renishaw's to
>> build and develop it. The firm keeps expanding mainly based on the

>> product but as you can see from the web site we have fingers in all sorts
>> of high accuracy measuring products. About 90% of the products are

>> which is always popular with governments and many of the products can be
>> directly related to ideas which David McMurtry has hatched. Hence he is

>> Sir David.
>>
>> End of commercial break.
>>
>> Regards
>> Bill Phillips
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