Renishaw plc Co-founder David McMurtry has died at age 84. The Gloucestershire, U.K.-based company he began with the invention of a touch probe in 1973 now has more than 1,800 patents and some 5,000 ...
Sir David founded Renishaw to commercialise the 3D touch-trigger probe for co-ordinate measuring machines. He had invented the probe the previous year to solve measurement problems faced in the ...
Tributes have been paid to Renishaw co-founder Sir David McMurtry ... the company with John Deer in 1973 to develop a 3D touch-trigger probe to help with the manufacture of engines used on ...