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Good news from Detroit
Ford Motor Company collaborates with Henry Ford Community College to develop scanning program
by Tom Greaves
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October 18, 2011
The Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) Technology Division
reports engineers from Ford Motor Company and Troy Design and Manufacturing
will assist HFCC instructors and students with the use of a Faro Photon 120
scanner donated to the college by Faro Technologies. HFCC expects to take
actual possession of the scanner before the end of the year. The collaboration
between Ford and HFCC also includes software licenses donated by Geomagic and
Pointools. However, the value of the program is much larger than the hardware
and software cash equivalents of the donations; the real value lies in getting students trained by
production-seasoned experts who will help develop curricula to make sure graduating
students will come equipped with the skills industry needs today. Continued...