Enables intuitive operation for all skill levels through simplified workflows and cloud-powered software.
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has launched MAESTRO, a new coordinate measuring machine (CMM) designed to support faster, connected measurement workflows in manufacturing. Developed to address workforce challenges and growing quality expectations, MAESTRO emphasizes speed, ease of use, and integration with digital systems.
Building on Hexagon’s metrology background, MAESTRO is based on four core principles: speed, ease of use, connectivity, and scalability. Its digital architecture supports efficient measurement routines, a straightforward user interface, and integrated data handling. With modular software and hardware, it is designed to adapt to changing production needs in industries such as aerospace, automotive, and high-precision manufacturing, where accuracy is essential for meeting safety and compliance standards.
MAESTRO builds on Hexagon’s metrology experience and introduces a new digital architecture with updated sensors, a single-cable system, and a redesigned controller with new firmware. These features are intended to improve measurement workflows, increase efficiency, and support connectivity in current production environments.
Customers will benefit from:
- Unmatched precision at speed: MAESTRO’s redesigned mechanical structure, single-cable digital platform, and advanced sensors enable fast measurement with sub-micron tolerances that satisfy stringent industry standards. Customers gain the confidence of repeatable, certified measurements for critical quality control. This provides reliable results, even for complex shapes and the most demanding applications.
- Breakthrough speed: MAESTRO delivers industry-leading throughput through high-speed motion while maintaining exceptional precision. Synchronised axis movements, rapid calibration, and cloud-connected software significantly accelerate set-up, programming, execution, and reporting.
- Simpler use and programming: MAESTRO remasters quality inspection by simplifying CMM programming and streamlining workflows. An intuitive user interface, combined with next-generation cloud-native metrology apps powered by Hexagon’s Nexus platform, enable both expert metrologists and less-specialised staff to generate repeatable, standard-compliant measurements effortlessly – without the need for coding.
- End-to-end connectivity: Designed as an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) native measuring device, MAESTRO integrates into Hexagon’s Nexus ecosystem, sharing real-time data across design, production, and quality teams, driving data-driven decision-making and improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). Near-line or in-line integration with automation systems is seamless.
- Scalable platform: With a modular design and a robust roadmap for future upgrades, MAESTRO is built for scalability. Manufacturers can easily update software, sensors, and additional capabilities over time, ensuring that their investment remains future-proof and continuously supports evolving production needs.
Pilot users have reported improved productivity and shorter inspection lead times, which support more efficient production processes. Tests with a range of sensors—from high-speed laser scanners to tactile probes—have shown consistent performance in both research and production settings.
Hexagon’s software tools and services—including PC-DMIS, Metrology Mentor, Metrology Asset Manager, and Metrology Reporting Nexus Apps—were developed alongside MAESTRO to form an integrated system. This approach is intended to improve workflow efficiency from part loading to analysis, and to support ease of use throughout programming, execution, reporting, and collaboration across design and manufacturing teams.
MAESTRO will initially be available in various sizes and configurations, designed to support automated multi-sensor workflows using tactile and laser scanning probes. A new “digital rack” monitors probe availability and condition, with status accessible on the device as well as through desktop and cloud-based applications. Future models and updates will build on this unified platform.
MAESTRO will be available for order from June 30, 2025.
For more information, visit hexagon.com.
