WIXOM, MI - Romer Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, showcased its new-to-the market Romer MultiGage at EASTEC 2008, Eastern States Exposition, in West Springfield, MA, from May 20 - May 22, 2008. Designed exclusively for today's machine shop, the six-axis MultiGage is a portable, precision CMM with a 1.2 m measuring volume. The new MultiGage is used for 3D dimensional control of molds, parts, tooling, castings, and more. Its quick-mount system allows the CMM to be setup for on-demand measurement and inspection of parts or assemblies on your machine tool or anywhere on the shop floor. ROMER is industry renowned for its line of portable CMMs utilized in over 100 industries including automotive, aerospace, ship/ boat building, and more.

With the MultiGage, a machine shop can steamline their measurement process and replace a variety of handheld tools in the inspection room or out in the shop, such as height gages, dial calipers, bore gages, jo blocks, micrometers, dial indicators and more. The new CMM is easy to install and use, with a very short learning curve for operators. The system's plug-and-play probes and ultra-intuitive software interface add up to no-nonsense operation. Detailed measurement reports are also generated automatically.