CNC West Dec jan 2019

50 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST December 2018/January 2019 The IMT team is has a lot of experience dealing with prints, but not as much when it comes to models. More and more their customers, especially the aerospace ones are moving to all model based system. They needed to be better prepared now and in the future. They like that the Altera came with the Renishaw PH10 head with removable styli and tool rack. They didn’t have any of those features before, and didn’t know just how much they would end up utilizing it. retrofit didn’t save us enough money to justify it,” con- tinues Zack. “It made more sense to spend a few dollars more and get something brand new. We did a lot of re- search and met with a bunch of companies deciding that LK Metrology’s Altera-S 10.7.6 CMM offered us the best bang for our buck.” Zack sites Scott Collier as a primary reason they went with LK Metrology. “We did demonstrations with other brands and Scott was fantastic to deal with.” IMT Preci- sion liked that LK has been around forever as a trusted brand in metrology, and they love that the Altera line of CMMs come standard with a lot of features. “First and foremost the Altera is a very rigid and stable platform,” details Zack. “It has a belt drive that is nearly silent and an amazing self cleaning/self aligning air bearing system that comes standard. Also standard is LK’s 10-year original ac- curacy guarantee. That guarantee shows a lot of trust in their product and that we are getting exactly what we paid for years down the road.” LKMetrology’s Altera-S 10.7.6 CMMhas a larger work envelope than IMT’s older machine, plus all the benefits of new computer, new software, and new technology. “We grouped it with CMM Manager and that was a huge sell- ing point for us,” explains Zack. “Reports and working with models has upped our quality game. We like that the Altera came with the Renishaw PH10 head on it. It has the removable styli and tool rack. We didn’t have any of those features before. A lot of the features are automated.