Break Resistant Reflectors (BRRs) are the new alternative to traditional Corner Cube Reflectors
Miamisburg, OH – June 18, 2007 – Leica
Geosystems, a Hexagon company, today announced their new line of high precision
Break Resistant Reflectors (BRR) for use with Leica Laser Trackers. The
reflectors work with all models
of the Leica Laser Tracker in a full range of up to 40 meters. The BRRs have a sturdy, one-piece stainless
steel design with a unique collar around its optic aperture for convenient handling and
protection. This
laser tracker accessory comes in two sizes ¾ 0.5" (0.25 oz. weight) and 1.5" (6.88 oz.
weight) ¾ with
centricity of ≤ ± 0.0004in (0.010mm).
Leica laser trackers include an Absolute
Distance Meter (ADM), which makes it possible for the tracker to precisely
locate individual target reflectors such as the BRR, without the need for
continuous interferometer tracking. The reflectors can be attached to both
large and small components. The new BRR provides a new alternative to the
traditional Corner Cube reflector constructed with fragile glass components.
The BRR line expands the current Leica reflector portfolio of RRRs (Red-Ring
Reflectors), TBRs (Tooling Ball Reflectors), CERs (Cateye reflectors) and more.
Leica
Geosystems is a part of the Hexagon PMG Group, a single source for the
industry’s leading portable CMMs used worldwide by the aerospace, automotive,
heavy machinery, and general engineering industries. PMG product information and news can be found at http://www.portablecmm.us.
About
Leica Geosystems
Leica
Geosystems, a Hexagon Company, is a global supplier of comprehensive hardware
and software packages for the industrial metrology market. These products
integrate with popular CAD programs, various build-and-inspect tools, and
reverse engineering software. Using state-of-the-art laser technology, Leica’s
laser trackers and theodolites make quality control, part mating, assembly and
construction of large and small parts easier and more accurate than ever.
Leica's U.S. headquarters
for metrology products is located at the Hexagon
MetrologyPrecision
Center in Miamisburg, Ohio.
For more information about Leica Geosystem's metrology products and services,
visit their web site at www.leica-geosystems.com/metrology, or call 800-329-4204.
About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology
serves the high precision measurement and inspection needs of Worldwide
manufacturers with its extensive line of metrology hardware, software,
accessories, and customer services. The company's name-brand portfolio of
quality assurance products include Brown & Sharpe, Leica Geosystems, ROMER,
Sheffield, PC-DMIS, DEA, Leitz, and TESA.
Hexagon Metrology has an unrivaled installed base of more than 1.5 million
handheld, stationary and portable measurement devices, and over 30,000 seats of
PC-DMIS metrology software. The company is a subsidiary of Hexagon Measurement
Technologies, a business unit of Hexagon
AB (Nacka Strand, Sweden), a
publicly-traded company (Stockholmsborsen: HEXA B). The Hexagon group consists
of nearly 8,200 employees located in 30
countries. Call 800-426-1066 or visit www.hexagonmetrology.us for more
information about Hexagon Metrology Inc. and its trusted brands.
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Leica
Geosystems/Hexagon Press Contact:
Belinda Jones, HiTech Marketing llc
(860)
399-1147,
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Hexagon
Marketing Contact:
Bill Fetter, Hexagon Metrology, Inc.
(920) 906-7514,
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