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ARTICLE GHM edia B usiness platform to give unrivalled advantages in time, part handling and return on investment. Renishaw’s new ultra-compact, highly repeatable radio probe, RMP400 will make its debut in India at IMTEX. Perfect for small 5-axis machine tools, particularly in mould and die and aerospace applications, the strain-gauge probe gives a reliable touch-trigger solution for part setting, feature measurement and machine performance checking. Software suites At the show, Renishaw will demonstrate the benefits of its new CARTO 3.0 software, which supports the XR20-W rotary axis calibrator to quickly capture and analyse data from rotary axes. This provides an easy-to-use and intuitive software solution for all Renishaw laser calibration products, reducing the calibration time of a 5-axis machine tool to several hours. Visitors can learn more about Renishaw’s popular smartphone apps including; Go Probe, which generates code for machine tool probing and theTrigger LogicTM app, which provides users with a simple way to customise their Renishaw probe settings. Organised by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA), IMTEX is a flagship event for the metal cutting industry, showing technological advances from India and the rest of the world.IMTEX is hosted concurrently with Tooltech, where machine tool accessories, metrology and CAD/CAM cutting tools, tooling systems and current trends in the tooling industry will be on display. Renishaw’s technology provides manufacturers with measurement data to enable intelligent decision making, a crucial part of Industry 4.0. By providing equipment for machine calibration, on machine measurement, off-machine gauging and verification, Renishaw enables manufacturers to improve their processes and quality, while reducing CNC machine stoppages. www.renishaw.com/go/IMTEX2019 16 | january-february 2019 | Global MDA Global MDA Journal Journal