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Optical CMMs – The future of CMMs? |
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Written by Jay Elepano - Nikon
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For decades we were taught to believe that if you ever wanted to measure anything properly, you needed a CMM. A couple of decades ago, portable arms were released and although they seemed novel,
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Modular Semi-dedicated Fixtures for CMMs |
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Written by Dan Smith, Fixlogix
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A growing number of manufacturers are using new economical modular fixture systems to create rapid low-cost holding fixtures for CMM inspection. In today’s lean manufacturing environment, streamlining repetitive tasks is crucial.
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Fabrication of Micro CMM Spherical Stylus Tips and Their Evaluation |
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Written by Dong-Yea Sheu
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This paper describes a novel, integrated micro manufacturing process utilizing combination wire electro discharge grinding (WEDG) technology and one pulse electro discharge (OPED), to fabricate micro spherical stylus tips for micro coordinate measuring machines (μ-CMM).
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Written by James Mannes
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A request from one of our customers started me on this project. What they wanted to see was a “real time” statistical process control (SPC) program for their critical characteristics. So with that being the underlying emphasis, I consulted with my PC-DMIS colleagues on the best approach to doing this with the tools I have. I was able to utilize DATAPAGE to get the necessary end result. As stated at Wikipedia.com,
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Reviews on CMM software (Part Two) |
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Written by Ray Xing
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I’m encouraged to continue on my reviews on CMM software (part two) by the fact that my part one article was one of the most read articles on cmm quarterly. I believe people (no matter which software they’ve used) are interested to know how “other” cmm software works, better or worse.
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What your CMM training can’t afford not to teach you… |
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Written by Richard Clark
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A fool learns from their own mistakes, the wise learn from the mistakes of others…
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