“InnovMetric has a solid industry reputation because of the accuracy and robustness of its inspection and measurement techniques,” says Song Chung, director, technology component group, Perceptron. “ By using the Perceptron plug-in developed by InnovMetric to smoothly integrate our laser scanners with PolyWorks, Perceptron customers can perform scan alignment, and real-time part-to-CAD comparison as well as a series of probing strategies.”

“Perceptron offers a versatile 3D scanning technology that can be integrated with a number of mechanisms including CMM machines, articulated arms, robot sand fixed mounts, which gives customers the flexibility to perform quality-control tasks at any point in the manufacturing process” said Marc Boulanger, Director of Worldwide Sales at InnovMetric. “For the last 20 years, Perceptron has been an innovator in the use of laser-based measurement for manufacturing process improvements and enjoys a solid customer base in the automotive industry. This agreement represents an excellent opportunity for InnovMetric and Perceptron to further increase their penetration into these strategic markets.”

About Perceptron

Perceptron, headquartered in Plymouth, MI, produces information based process improvement solutions for the automotive industry and technology components for non-contact measurement and inspection applications. With facilities in the United States, Germany, Brazil, France and Japan, Perceptron employs more than 215 people worldwide. Automotive and manufacturing companies throughout the world rely on Perceptron’s process management solutions to help improve quality, shorten product launch time and reduce overall manufacturing costs.

About InnovMetric Software

Founded in 1994, InnovMetric pioneered the market for point cloud inspection and polygonal manufacturing software solutions. InnovMetric is a privately-owned company which enjoys an enviable position as the marketleader in point cloud processing software in the automotive and aeronautic industries. Today, PolyWorks licenses are at work daily inmore than 30 countries, providing users such as BMW, Boeing, Daimler-Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Lockheed-Martin, Peugeot,Porsche, Rolls Royce, Toyota, and Volkswagen with the most complete, accurate, and robust 3D point cloud processing software solution on the market.

InnovMetric’s flagship product, PolyWorks, is a powerful software solution that uses high-density point clouds to measure and control the quality of castings/dies/molds, and to approve manufacturing processes through prototype, first-article, manufactured, and assembled parts inspection. PolyWorks offers a complete toolset for comparing forms and profiles part-to-part and part-to-CAD, and includes the most complete GD&T analysis capabilities on the market, as well as the widest array of soft gauging tools linear, radius, flush & gap, thickness, etc.. All quality control tasks can be completely automated and performed by one click of a mouse using PolyWorks’ powerful scripting language. PolyWorks also offers a unique reverse-engineering module that produces highly accurate polygonal models and rapid NURBS surfaces that are exportable to any CAD/CAM/CFD/FEA software for stringent manufacturing applications.