Opinions on S.F. 4.5.4 CMM

We have 3, each works in its own cell. Each measures the same part over and over. 2 of them have manual heads and our third has a indexing head and a probe changer, (awesome). IT checks a slightly smaller part.

They are tough little machines. really small volume especially when you have an indexing head. Repeatable. Not as accurate as I would like but that's due to the shop environment (machines vibration, forklift traffic, etc..)

Our 2 machines with manual heads, we use a star probe and that's it. No other angles. Probably would have been cheaper with a fixed head. We had to add a 50mm extension from the head to the probe body so we lost lots of height.

It really depends on what you want to inspect with them. These were our first CMMs so idk if your coming from a larger machine but its going to be alot smaller and confined.

We even might get a 4th but i'm hoping for a Tigo instead so we can start scanning features.

We have 3, each works in its own cell. Each measures the same part over and over. 2 of them have manual heads and our third has a indexing head and a probe changer, (awesome). IT checks a slightly smaller part.

They are tough little machines. really small volume especially when you have an indexing head. Repeatable. Not as accurate as I would like but that's due to the shop environment (machines vibration, forklift traffic, etc..)

Our 2 machines with manual heads, we use a star probe and that's it. No other angles. Probably would have been cheaper with a fixed head. We had to add a 50mm extension from the head to the probe body so we lost lots of height.

It really depends on what you want to inspect with them. These were our first CMMs so idk if your coming from a larger machine but its going to be alot smaller and confined.

We even might get a 4th but i'm hoping for a Tigo instead so we can start scanning features.

Looks like our 4th will be a Tigo, just got approval. yay.