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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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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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Hexagon Metrology Introduces New Motorized Probe Heads for CMMs |
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Written by Hexagon
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New versions of the popular TESASTAR-m and TESASTAR-sm series motorized probe heads adds greater compatibility with legacy products
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