Adept Technology and Carl Zeiss Sign OEM Agreement for SILMA Virtual CMM Software.Business Editors & Technology Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 Quality Expo-- SILMA Virtual CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies. Adds State-Of-The-Art CAD-Based Programming And Simulation To CARL ZEISS Calypso Calypso, in Greek mythology Calypso (kəlĭp`sō), nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. , HOLOS Holos is an influential OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) product of the 1990s. Developed by Holistic Systems in 1987, the product remained in use until around 2004. Conception The Holos product succeeded an older generation of mainframe products such as System-W. And UMESS-UX Software Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), a leading manufacturer of flexible automation for the telecommunications, fiber optic and semiconductor industries, today announced that as part of an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement, Adept will provide Carl Zeiss IMT IMT, n.pr See inspiratory muscle training. GmbH, a division of the Carl Zeiss Group, with an OEM version of SILMA Virtual CMM. Virtual CMM software can be used in place of the real CMM hardware to add state-of-the-art CAD-based programming to existing CMM software without the need to retrain re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train CMM operators and programmers. Virtual CMM can be seen at the Quality Expo (booth no. 12090) which opens today in Chicago, Illinois. "Virtual CMM transforms the world-class Carl Zeiss Calypso, HOLOS, and UMESS-UX metrology software into powerful state-of-the-art 3-D CAD-based CMM programming tools that fit transparently into existing shop floor processes," said Eric Jacobs, director of product marketing for Adept's SILMA division. "Virtual CMM is the least invasive means to bring the benefits of paperless CAD-based programming and concurrent engineering to the shop floor--manufacturers of all sizes can now adopt the latest methods for inspection process improvement with minimal risk." "Through the joint cooperation of Carl Zeiss IMT and Adept Technology, Virtual CMM software seamlessly supports the unique features of Zeiss coordinate measuring machines", said Alfons Lindmayer, marketing manager for Carl Zeiss IMT. "We are pleased to be able to offer the Virtual CMM software to our customers who need advanced CAD-based programming in connection with their existing and well-known Zeiss software." Virtual CMM is the only software available that is controlled directly by the Zeiss CMM on-line software without any translation or emulation thus providing operators with an accurate software duplicate of their real factory floor equipment. Virtual CMM together with the Zeiss metrology software allows a programmer of a Zeiss CMM to create, modify and prove out CMM part programs using only 3-D CAD models instead of using the actual CMM hardware and waiting for real parts. Fully tested error free programs are created quicker--and far more accurately--with Virtual CMM than can be realized with a real CMM and traditional teach pendant programming. CAD models are read directly and seamlessly into Virtual CMM from Dassault Systemes CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. , PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. Pro/ENGINEER and CADDS CADDS Contiguous Abcd1/Dxs1375e Deletion Syndrome CADDS Computer Aided Design and Drafting Software (ComputerVision CAD/CAM software) , SDRC (company) SDRC - The company behind VGX. http://sdrc.com/. I-DEAS, and UGS UGS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Uganda Shilling. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. Unigraphics. Available on Windows NT and Windows 2000. Headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany, the global player Carl Zeiss is a leading international group of companies operating in the optical and opto-electronic industry. It offers technologically advanced solutions for the areas Semiconductor Technology and Industrial Optics, the Life Sciences, Eye Care, Industrial Measuring Technology and sophisticated products in the field of Consumer and Sports Optics. The company is directly represented in more than 30 countries and runs production centers in Europe, and North and Central America. In the 1999/2000 fiscal year a global workforce of approximately 13,000 people achieved a sales figure totaling just under DM 4bn (Euro 2bn). Further information is available under http://www.zeiss.de. Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets factory automation components and systems for the fiber optic, telecommunications, semiconductor, automotive, food and durable goods durable goods Goods, such as appliances and automobiles, that have a useful life over a number of periods. Firms that produce durable goods are often subject to wide fluctuations in sales and profits. Also called consumer durables. industries throughout the world. Adept's robots, controllers, and software products are used for small parts assembly, material handling and ultra precision process applications. Our intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots, configurable linear modules, flexible feeders, semiconductor process components, nanopositioners, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, systems and software, application software, and simulation software. Founded in 1983, Adept is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. More information is available at www.adept.com. The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept and Virtual CMM are trademarks of Adept Technology. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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