What to expect on calibration?

Hi all,

searched around but didn't find much. Hex is coming to calibrate our machines in the next months. I haven't been involved in this before. I started CMM programming a year ago. What to expect? Should i remove all my fixtures from the surface plate? Is there anything i should do before they come? How long does it usually take to calibrate a machine? How long if it needs adjustments?

Thank you all

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Douglas over 4 years ago

We just got our calibration done in April. Yes, remove surface plates, if you have a probe changer make sure to take that off as well. If you are the primary programmer, i would recommend planning to do some offline programming because you won't be touching your machine all day. Also, please remember the longer you sit and talk to the tech about random things, the longer it will take them to get the calibration done. I would agree with KIRBSTER269 if you dont have much to do, just take the day off.

if a tech asked me to remove my probe racks he would go home first
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Douglas over 4 years ago

We just got our calibration done in April. Yes, remove surface plates, if you have a probe changer make sure to take that off as well. If you are the primary programmer, i would recommend planning to do some offline programming because you won't be touching your machine all day. Also, please remember the longer you sit and talk to the tech about random things, the longer it will take them to get the calibration done. I would agree with KIRBSTER269 if you dont have much to do, just take the day off.

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