Tom Forsyth, managing director of Mekall’s Machining Division (previously named Fortec), cannot understand why anyone would buy a CNC machine tool without Renishaw probes. He has 12 HAAS machines, all fitted with spindle mounted probes for part setting, and feels well equipped to expand Mekall’s subcontract work. When touch probes were first introduced total machining cycle times were reduced, with setting times cut dramatically and the

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