Look Ahead: Calibration celebration: General Industry Coverage
Calibrating a multiple-axis machining center is one of those time-consuming but necessary tasks that parts makers have to accept. The task has gotten easier in past years, however, and has just gotten easier yet.
Calibrating a multiple-axis machining center is one of those time-consuming but necessary tasks that parts makers have to accept. After paying for all of that machine precision, doing anything else wouldn’t make sense. Manufacturers are required to consider all error sources from the machines producing parts—angular errors as well as linear and straightness errors.
The task has gotten easier in past years, however, and has just gotten easier yet. Renishaw reports that its new XM-60 multiaxis calibrator is able to measure all six degrees of freedom from a single setup, in any orientation for linear axes. The company also says the calibration is simple to use and saves times compared to conventional laser measurement techniques.
The XM-60 measures six degrees of freedom with a compact launch unit that’s remote
from the laser unit, reducing heat effects at the point of measurement. Image courtesy of Renishaw
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