In the latest podcast from The Manufacturer, Nick Peters speaks to a man whose ingenuity - expressed over a weekend in his garage workshop - changed global manufacturing. It also led to the establishment of Renishaw, one of the UK's most respected engineering companies.
Before 32-year-old David McMurtry spent a weekend in his garage in 1972 developing a touch-trigger probe (essentially a 3D measurement sensor), all complex measurements in manufacturing were done via slide rules. That meant all intricate measurement had to be carried out using a device invented in the 18th century. It also made it difficult to…
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