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Big Inspection With Little Difficulty

bond tool A portable laser tracker let this shop increase not only its machining range, but also the range of its services to customers.

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Laser Tool Probing For Productivity And Accuracy
6/2/2009 Modern Machine Shop: VIDEO. The ability to measure tool offsets while the tool is spinning can improve both the accuracy and performance of the process in various ways.
Scanner Enables Fast, Flexible Inspection
4/14/2009 Modern Machine Shop: When this tool and die shop sought to implement a new measurement solution, it placed a premium on portability, flexibility and accelerated inspection time. The Optigo white-light scanning system from CogniTens delivered all three. Compared with the company’s previous contact measurement solutions, the device can be used throughout the plant and enables faster collection of more comprehensive inspection data.
Probing Beyond Prismatic
3/16/2009 Modern Machine Shop: This manufacturer has used on-machine probing to help automate setups and maintain process control for prismatic parts produced on VMCs for years. The metrology products maker recently implemented probing strategies that let it achieve similar results on its turn-mills and Swiss-types. The smaller, more economical batch sizes these machines now produce are better aligned with true production requirements.
Multi-Sensor CMM Eases Micro-Measuring
2/20/2009 Modern Machine Shop: By combining an optical sensor and a touch probe, the F25 CMM from Carl Zeiss enables users to use the same machine platform to perform metrology operations on a variety of miniature parts.
Compact Gaging System Allows In-Process Inspection On Small Grinding Machines
2/13/2009 Modern Machine Shop: This new gaging system not only is compact enough to install on small grinding machines, but also can measure a part’s OD, ID and length to sub-micron accuracy.

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Inspection & Measuring Equipment

Inspection and Measuring Equipment includes all of the tools and devices that are used to verify that a part’s dimensions all conform to the tolerances required by the part’s design. Included are various hand-held gages such as calipers and micrometers, as well as more simple gage blocks or plug gages. However, inspection and measurement in most shops also goes beyond hand-held gages to include coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), the measurement machine tools able to execute programmed measurement routines. Also included in this category are devices such as profilometers that measure the finish of machined surfaces.