Camberley-based Bowers Group (www.bowersgroup.co.uk) exhibited its full range of metrology products, including the recently introduced Baty Venture XT vision system, which was shown for the first time in the UK.

Features include an extended 200mm measuring range in the Z axis, new FEA optimised column design with integral counterbalance, and revised Z axis and lens/touch probe assembly.

The Venture XT also features faster X-Y axis drives, touch-screen compatible software, touch-screen precision joystick, greater field of view, and magnification up to 12 x zoom.

Other enhancements include a major redesign of the software, providing users with a self-calibrating zoom lens with Field of View error correction and improved auto-focus; this can now find and measure from a distance in one move, while an image-stitching capability allows a large X-Y area to be scanned and displayed as a single image.

In addition, there is now a ‘layers’ feature that allows other geographical information like DXF files, dimensions and measured features to be overlaid onto the camera image.

Also on display was the latest MK4 software and Baty R400 FT2-E touch-screen profile projector, which features automatic edge sensing.