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Metrology of high level in the Basque country

Opens the new center of precision of Dea and the Institute of machine tools in Elgoibar

Drafting MU15/06/2004

With new facilities, its promoters, HMI and Dea Brown & Sharpe made available to companies the latest developments and technologies of 3D measurement. HMI goes one step further in improving its range of programmes and services in the area of metrology, as long as it is closer to its customers in the Basque Autonomous Community and, consequently, an improvement in its technical services of Metrology for Dea.

Precision Centre is the result of the collaboration between Dea Brown & Sharpe and the Institute of machine tools (Elgoibar), through an agreement under which Dea is responsible for the conditioning the installation and the equipment and measuring machines, and where HMI puts at the disposal of the project the premises and supplies.

Located on the premises of the HMI, the center of precision, with an area of 160 square meters and investment by Dea of 140,000 euros in adapting and 600,000 euros in teams, consists of a room of precision measurements of maximum demandpractical demonstrations and room measuring services with machines to measure coordinates and a training room.

The services of metrology offered by the Centre are the responsibility of Dea Brown & Sharpe and training will be the responsibility of HMI, where Dea will train their teachers.

From left to right: Jordi Edo, CEO of Dea Brown & Sharpe; Miguel Angel Múgica, Teniente Alcalde of Elgoibar, Josu Aboitiz, Director of permanent learning of the Basque Government and Joxean Egaña, Managing Director of HMI.

DEA is responsible for the conditioning the installation and the equipment and measuring machines

The objectives of the Centre of precision can be summarized in four main areas:

Put at the disposal of companies in the Basque country a service center of metrology of high level, to help them achieve maximum competitiveness.
Create synergies to achieve the goals of excellence in training for HMI and excellence in services of Dea Brown & Sharpe.
To provide training equipment at the highest level for permanent updating.
Open a service centre next to the customers of Dea Brown & Sharpe in the Basque country

Services

Within the measurement and programming services, the Centre carries out, among others, the following:

Measurement of high precision parts.
Conventional measurements in MMC.
Implementation of programmes in MMC.
Measurements "in situ" with articulated arm.
Subcontracting of operators of MMC "in situ".
Measurement of gears and special geometries.
Scans.

The Institute of machine tool makes available to the project the premises and supplies

Also the new Center offers other types of services such as calibration and implementation to all types of CMMS with official certificate Enac, repairs and regular maintenance of equipment, specific training in metrology, training and advice "in situ" and updates of all kinds of machines with the latest generation softwarethe sale of time machines, "swift-fix" fastening systems, all kinds of accessories and spare parts and complete management measurement laboratories.

Opening in style

The opening of the Centre took place on 17 March, and was completed with the holding of a technical conference under the title "three dimensional metrology: strategic lines of the future", which alternated during two days six presentations by national and international experts in metrologywith guided tours and practical demonstrations at the new center of precision.

In the opening ceremony was attended by Josu Aboitiz, director of lifelong learning of the Sub-Department of training professional of the Department of education of the Basque Government; Miguel Ángel Múgica, Deputy Mayor of the town of Elgoibar; Jordi Edo, general director of Dea-Brown & Sharpe, S.A. and Joxean Egaña, managing director of the Institute of machine-tool. With all of them, a considerable number of representatives of companies, public and private entities and vocational training centres attended the event.