Detect and Correct Deviations from Specs with Precise Probes
Precise calibration with machine tool probes ensures machined parts meet the stringent quality standards your customers require.
Posted: April 22, 2024
Real-time monitoring helps identify issues promptly in order to maintain performance and accuracy, while reducing the production of defective parts.
New LVDT Probe for High-precision Gauging Applications
Mahr Inc. (Providence, RI), a leading provider of dimensional metrology solutions, recently introduced the P2002 probe, an addition to its lineup of LVDT probes including the P 1512 V and the P1530 V. The P2002 probe is a state-of-the-art LVDT style measuring probe for high-precision gauging, designed for use in applications that require reliable and repeatable measurements.
With a shorter measuring span and higher accuracy, the P2002 probe is ideal for use for dedicated gauging fixtures where the measuring results from multiple probes are used in combination with each other, such as in assembly line manufacturing. Additionally, the P2002 probe offers an exceptional level of accuracy that rivals linear encoders, which are typically 20%-to-30% more expensive. It is designed to meet the needs of quality engineers, manufacturing engineers, and metrology engineers across various industries, including automotive, aerospace, medical device, and semiconductor manufacturing.
The P2002 probe comes with an optional pneumatic actuation feature, offering even greater flexibility and ease of use in high-precision applications. Technical details include:
- Measuring range: +/- 1mm
- Accuracy: 0.90 microns
- Repeatability: 0.1 micron
- IP64 Rated: Resistant to fluids and solids
The P2002 probe is compatible with all Mahr gauging amplifiers and works exceptionally well with the C1202 and C1200 digital amplifiers, as well as Mahr’s Cockpit gauging software.
Mahr Inc. is a member of the Mahr Group which has been providing dimensional measurement solutions to fit customer application needs for more than 160 years. The company manufactures, markets, and supports an extensive portfolio of dimensional measurement equipment.
Renishaw Launches new Line of Industrial Automation Products
Renishaw, Inc. (West Dundee, IL) is offering a new product line specifically designed for the industrial automation market. The new RCS product line builds on its existing expertise and technologies for industrial metrology applications and aims to transform the process of commissioning and servicing industrial automation technologies. Developed to solve some fundamental challenges within the global industrial automation industry, the new RCS product line focuses on the problems associated with manual set up, calibration, and maintenance of robots, such as operational accuracy and repeatability.
The range includes three products: RCS L-90, RCS T-90, and RCS P-series, all supported by a dedicated software suite. RCS L-90 is a ballbar device that improves robot system accuracy, reduces deployment time, and monitors robot health with simple routines controlled by its supporting software suite. RCS T-90 is a tri-ballbar system which enables robot users to identify root causes of poor performance, with further comprehensive tests to capture critical robot information — such as remastering the joint offsets to calculated positions, running master-recovery routines, and plotting 3D path performance. The third RCS product, RCS P-series, integrates a permanent Renishaw probing solution within a robot cell to apply in-process metrology and automatic recovery to automation processes.
Built upon established and trusted Renishaw technology, this new product line for industrial robotics brings the company’s metrology expertise to an industry that has significant challenges with performance accuracy and repeatability. Categorized as either ‘in-field’ or ‘in-process’ products, the new RCS products help to simplify robot set up, health checks and recovery of robotic applications following collisions. Working with Renishaw’s new intuitive robotics software, RCS Software Suite, the products support robots from a wide range of manufacturers.
“The existing processes surrounding robot set up and maintenance are largely manual for an industry built upon automation,” said Dr. Kevyn Jonas, director of Renishaw’s Industrial Automation Products Division. “With no existing fully comprehensive solutions, these methods have been accepted, until today. Robot integrators and users now finally have a solution for a quick, simple and traceable means to manage their robots.”
Said Will Lee, Renishaw’s CEO, “Our success over 50 years is built on providing robust and reliable products that solve manufacturing problems across a wide range of industry sectors. With the global growth of robotics, and their increased use in precision production applications, we are seeing significant challenges. We believe we can address these challenges based on our decades of experience providing calibration and set up solutions within the machine tool and motion control industries.”
www.renishaw.com/industrial-automation
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