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Portable Arm Measurement System.


Romer offers the Switchit portable articulating arm measurement system, which offers the advantage of two measuring lengths in a single portable 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. . It features two additional axes located on the "shoulder" of the measuring arm. These linkages allow the arm to switch from an 8-ft to a 12-ft volumetric volumetric /vol·u·met·ric/ (vol?u-met´rik) pertaining to or accompanied by measurement in volumes.

vol·u·met·ric
adj.
Of or relating to measurement by volume.
 measuring envelope. Switching between the two arm lengths is instantaneous, with no need to recalibrate the arm or rereference the part being measured. Full six-axis articulation and infinite rotation of joints is available when measuring in either mode. The system includes a color notebook computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous.  and powerful Suprastuff software, an operating system operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
 which features relational storage of measured or theoretical geometric features. Selection of features and operations is performed via Probe Command, using a mouse button on the arm.
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Publication:Modern Casting
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 1, 1999
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