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 started the company in April 1973, originally to develop a precision measuring tool for use ... Sir David founded Renishaw to commercialise the 3D touch-trigger probe for co-ordinate ...

He invented the ‘touch-trigger probe’ for three-dimensional ... with applications ranging from machine-tool calibration to neurosurgery. Later Renishaw innovations focused on “additive ...