PowerINSPECTWorld’s leading hardware-

independent inspection software

Antony HallBusiness Development Manager

Delcam plc

PowerINSPECT

• PowerINSPECT offers fast, reliable import of CAD data

• PowerINSPECT is the fastest and most comprehensive system for surface inspection

• System can handle thousands of points per second

Immediate results• PowerINSPECT

instantly displays results on the part

• Allows extra data to be gathered in suspect areas

• Allows immediate reporting of problems

• Detailed & clear• Easy to read• Easy to understand

Clear reporting

Product range

• Manual– Portable devices– Manual CMMs

• Point Cloud

• CNC CMM

• OMV

PowerINSPECT Manual• Market leader for

manual inspection• Largest percentage of

sales• Used by all major

OEMs in the rapidly-growing portable inspection market

• Hexagon and FARO have extended contracts recently

PowerINSPECT Point Cloud• Developed for inspection

– most other systems are developed from reverse engineering software

• Software is easier to use than competitors with better reporting

• Can combine point cloud data with single point inspection

PowerINSPECT CNC• PowerINSPECT

version for CNC CMMs

• Allows either teach-and-learn or offline programming

• Full simulation and collision checking based on PowerMILL technology

PowerINSPECT OMV• Measurement on a

machine tool• Allows errors to be

found where they can be corrected

• Allows in-process inspection

• Gives immediate scrap or save decisions

• Not intended as CMM substitute – final inspection is still recommended

PowerINSPECT Tubing

• Important for portable measurement suppliers

• Creates cylinders and intersections• Typical application: oil and gas

PowerINSPECT PartAligner

• Allows part location with an arm• Updates CNC controller with

correct position• Manual operation so mainly for

one-off production• Portable between machine tools

Recent developments

• 64-bit operation for larger parts and assemblies

• Faster, easier extraction of CAD data

• Loading of workplanes from all file types

All products

• Quick Report – single page summary

All products

All products• Ability to reuse points in multiple items• Allows features to be built from other items, e.g.

cylinders from circles• Minimises amount of measurement required• Provides consistency across measurements

All products• GD&T Improvements - easier GD&T creation• Pick item interactively and display item type

automatically• Support for CATIA and NX (Unigraphics)

• New simple measures

• Faster, easier creation of alignments

• Dimensions displayed on CAD

Manual version

CNC version

• Simulation Improvements• More flexibility to deal with collisions

CNC version

• Automatic surface inspection methods• Raster – fixed

spacing and stepovers

• Curves – spacing to match control points

• Shaded point cloud gives immediate impression of shape

• Ability to label single points within point cloud

Point cloud version

Conclusions• Customers increasingly demand higher quality –

more inspection is essential• PowerINSPECT allows errors to be found earlier

and corrected at lower cost• Broad range of options allows standardisation

– Less training saves time and cost– Easier comparison of results between devices

• Continued development will reinforce PowerINSPECT’s position as the world’s leading hardware independent inspection software

Thank you