Interview with Jordi Edo Abella, managing director of Hexagon Metrology, S.A.

Jordi Edo, director Manager of Hexagon Metrology, S.A.

The introduction of our equipment in factories of production drastically introduces the philosophy of quality production. The quality of the machine of measure will build the quality of the final product to the able to control the machine quality, will act in a way similar to an elastic band where the reference point is the quality and capacity of the machine. With all my heart, I believe that there is no better investment for a company with a vision for the future.

The vast majority of companies have internalized metrology processes, this offers the advantage of immediate feedback. However Spain is at the tail on metrology services companies. In recent years have appeared several companies that perform this service. We, at Hexagon Metrology S.A., have created structures both in Madrid, Barcelona and the Basque country. But the level of demand, in spite of having grown up, not the fact at the same level that the offer.

The Dea brand is without a doubt a synonym of quality and prestige. For more than 40 years Dea has been an innovative firm that has been constantly optimizing its products. The result is a style of doing things above all Workbench aspects such as accuracy, speed, reliability, and design. Similarly offer a service of high professionalism is also an indispensable condition on the occasions in which Dea has tried to get out of this strategic line and create a product where the main value is the low cost, and not the quality and benefitsIt has proved a failure. Only Dea know do machines of high quality and top performance.

Three-dimensional bridge of the Global series machines are undoubtedly the product of increased demand in our market. The Global line is notable for its high accuracy, high productivity (which in many cases reaches the double of similar equipment) and competitive prices. In any case, should note that Hexagon Metrology has the broadest of all the market sector portfolio, offering products from leading brands in prestige and benefits such as Dea, Leitz, CE Johansson, Brown & Sharpe, Romer, and Wilcox. Since machines desktop, up to 20 meters x Gantry machines 6 meters x 3 meters for aerospace applications. Since machines with precision for industrial uses, to machines of laboratory with details below the 0.6 um. Machines of jointed-arm robots, horizontal arms of measurement, type of Dea and Leitz gantry machines, machines of bridge, for laboratory, workshop, etc. In short, the most complete offer in metrology.

The three-dimensional are machines suitable for those companies where the quality is considered, as a condition sine-qua-non, as an added value to the product, or as a strategic value for the future. It is clear that hardly we can now differentiate ourselves by low cost, quality and doing good things can still be a strategic weapon of differentiation. Our machines represent a firm commitment to this strategy.

With the implementation progress of Hexagon Metrology, from the subsidiary to Spain and Portugal, we now have the range of machines of measurement for coordinates on the market (Dea, Brown & Sharpe, Leitz, CE Johansson, Romer) and also have the best softwarePC-DMIS, also typical of Hexagon Metrology. In this way we have all the fully integrated process. The company is fully responsible for the system which supplies, own capacity to innovate and to solve any problem, which guarantees continuity in time. So we have a maximum range of products available to the client.

All this we can add that Hexagon Metrology S.A., is not any distributor or reseller, is the company that is the client directly. Hexagon aims to provide complete systems key in hand with full responsibility and maximum quality and guarantee.

We have experience in terms of name changes in Hexagon. The time will inexorably making its function. Internally it is living with total normality. None of our values has changed, we are still wanting to be an excellent company where the satisfaction of the customer and be able to give added value is our main obsession. These values have kept us in the market for already more than 20 years in Spain. We have a park around the 1400 machines, we have a staff of 28 people, mostly personal technical. And the effort and work of these years has placed us as leaders of the market.

As machines is obvious that every time there is a greater diversification of the market, increasingly there are more appropriate varieties for each application specified in terms of precision, portability, speed, atmosphere of work, etc.

Sensors regards, have also been important developments of all kinds, being more and more common laser sensors and vision. The key will be how to integrate all these technologies with the software, which is a key element.

The software, despite being the least eye-catching element, remains the key to this business. In this sense a long continuous Hexagon with its philosophy EMS (Enterprise Metrology Solution) from the nucleus of PC-DMIS, expanding its capabilities to the machine-tool and machines by vision. Integrating the range of sensors and laser heads and cameras for vision. And also developing modules like the new Inspection Planner, which allows savings in programming that may be of up to two thirds, a novelty which is going to hear much talk in the near future.