New Product Announcements From: 2/1/2006 Modern Machine Shop The Global coordinate measuring machines from Brown&Sharpe offer form, dimension and position measurement capability in a single platform. These CMMs can be equipped with touch trigger probes and analog scanning probes. This includes the company’s new Tesastar touch trigger probe and X Series Leitz scanning probe. Global CMMs are available in three versions offering different levels of standard features to best suit a user’s specific inspection needs. Each version is powered by PC-DMIS software, which allows advanced programming, reporting and customization for both advanced CMM users and beginners. These CMMs offer XYZ measuring envelopes ranging from 500 mm x 700 mm x 500 mm to 2000 mm x 4000 mm x 1500 mm.