Coordinate Measuring Machines CMMs

Portable coordinate measuring machines

cmms — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:39:02 +0000

When manufacturing parts are difficult to measure with stationary CMMs oftentimes portable coordinate measuring machines are considered for inspection purposes.

A portable coordinate measuring machine is heavily used in the production environment. It usually can be mounted onto the machinery that produces the parts to be inspected.

Mini CMMs are able to provide extremely high precision and are portable to some degree as well.

3D coordinate measuring machine

cmms — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:21:09 +0000

Helmel is an american CMM manufacturer producing high quality inspection products.

Besides CMMs Helmel develops also the universal Geomet inspection software.

A 3D coordinate measuring machine is a dimensional metrology equipment based on CNC technology.

Used CMMs

cmms — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:45:12 +0000

One should familiarize oneself with the coordinate measurement machine basics before buying a used CMM while there are also CMM promotions to investigate.

When shopping for used CMM machine sales you need to verify your system is set up properly to optimize the cost effectiveness.

CMM Technology

cmms — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:02:03 +0000

The automotive industry usually uses a coordinate measuring machine for quality control inspections.

Production rate demands sometimes requires cmm technology to be performed on the shop floor.

In a perfect world CMM calibration services should be done along ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and ASME B89 4.1.1997 standards.

CMM equipment manufacturers generally use steel structures for building heavy duty cmm machines.

A universal Geomet CMM software retrofit can provide increased speed and measuring power to older CMMs.

CMM inspection

cmms — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:15:55 +0000

The coordinate measuring machine prices you might have to consider depend largely on the type, sizes and shapes of the parts to be inspected.

The fastest way how flat parts can undergo CMM inspection is with a video system.

3 D measurements are often done with a motorized coordinate measurement machine using a computer with sophisticated CMM software like the universal Geomet CMM software.

CMM Machines For Sale

cmms — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:35:59 +0000

If you’re looking for a CMM for sale you might want to check out the Phoenix shop floor CMM.

It’s a DCC CMM under $24,000 suited for harsh production environments that can handle certain vibration and temperature shocks.

CMM Retrofit Software

cmms — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:08:49 +0000

The universal Geomet CMM software can be used for any manual CMM and most of the DCC CMMs on the market.

A Geomet CMM retrofit can increase measuring power and speed on older coordinate measuring machines.

In the case of multiple installations one can reduce delays, downtime and training costs by unifying all coordinate measuring machines under one system.