Renishaw Company Profile

Company profile:

A world leader in engineering technologies, Renishaw applies its core skills in measurement and precision machining to sectors as diverse as dimensional metrology, spectroscopy, machine calibration, motion control, dentistry and surgical robotics.

Sensors for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are an industry standard, from basic touch-trigger probes through to automated stylus and probe changers, motorised indexing probe heads, and revolutionary five-axis measurement systems.

For machine tool users, contact and laser probes for CNC machine tools allow automated tool setting, workpiece set-up, in-cycle gauging and part inspection. To check a machine’s positioning performance, the Renishaw QC20-W ballbar performs tests to recognised international standards.

In motion control Renishaw’s laser encoders, optical linear and angle encoders, and magnetic encoders are used for incremental and absolute encoding applications in industries as diverse as electronics, motorsports, semi-conductors and food manufacturing.

To analyse the static and dynamic performance of position-critical motion systems, Renishaw’s laser interferometer and environmental compensation system offer a linear measurement accuracy of 0.5 ppm, readings of up to 50 kHz and a linear measurement speed of up to 4 m/s, with a linear resolution of 1nm.

Renishaw’s Raman spectroscopy products exploit the Raman effect to identify and characterise the chemistry and structure of materials. A diverse range of analytical applications include pharmaceutical, forensic science, nanotechnology, biomedical and semiconductors.

In the world of dentistry, Renishaw is the world’s leading supplier of in-lab dental CAD/CAM scanning systems, supported by powerful CAD design software, and a unique dental milling system.

Recent developments are medical devices for neurosurgical applications including Deep Brain Stimulation.