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"Master Probe" question

brotha_alan
I would like to double check myself to make sure I have it correct regarding the "Master Probe".

A couple things first...
Our calibration sphere does get calibrated in the center of the granite so we do have to install and remove once finished calibrating probes.
We have a probe labeled "MASTER" and it only has A0B0 in the angles.

My question is...When calibrating probes that are used in the upcoming program first I calibrate the MASTER probe (A0B0) by selecting YES the calibration sphere has moved. Then, every probe after that has a "NO" selection when asked if the calibration sphere has moved.

I guess my main question is say I move that calibration sphere out of the way to run parts and I have to run another set of different part number parts. Of course when calibrating for probes used in this program I would select YES the cal sphere has moved when calibrating the MASTER and NO to the rest of the probes used in the program BUT when I ran that 2nd calibration and selected YES the sphere has moved does that wash away all other probes tied into the MASTER probe ran prior OR does it just build to the amount of probe angles that are all tied into the MASTER probe? I hope that makes sense.
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  • Yes I get that...I might not be doing the best job of describing my question. I'll do my best to play out a scenario of what I'm trying to say.

    CMM program "A" uses 2 probes, a 1x20 and 5x50 so the steps are to put calibration sphere in center of table and load MASTER probe and calibrate it by selecting YES when asked if the qualification tool has been moved. Then, I calibrate the 1x20 and 5x50 probes and both of them I click NO when asked has qualification tool been moved. Then I run parts and ship them out the door if good results.

    On to the next batch of parts to measure...

    CMM program "B" also uses 2 probes but this time a 3x50 and 1CYLx20. So, I re-install qualification sphere in center of granite plate and load MASTER probe and select YES the qualification tool has moved (because it actually has and it is also the MASTER probe). Then I calibrate 3x50 and 1CYLx20 and select NO when asked if qualification tool has moved. This is where my question is....when I calibrated the probes used in CMM program "B" do the probes used in CMM program "A" get washed out and no longer tie in to the MASTER probe correctly now?

    I greatly appreciate any responses and I'd very much love to hear a response from a Hexagon rep. Thanks all.
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  • Yes I get that...I might not be doing the best job of describing my question. I'll do my best to play out a scenario of what I'm trying to say.

    CMM program "A" uses 2 probes, a 1x20 and 5x50 so the steps are to put calibration sphere in center of table and load MASTER probe and calibrate it by selecting YES when asked if the qualification tool has been moved. Then, I calibrate the 1x20 and 5x50 probes and both of them I click NO when asked has qualification tool been moved. Then I run parts and ship them out the door if good results.

    On to the next batch of parts to measure...

    CMM program "B" also uses 2 probes but this time a 3x50 and 1CYLx20. So, I re-install qualification sphere in center of granite plate and load MASTER probe and select YES the qualification tool has moved (because it actually has and it is also the MASTER probe). Then I calibrate 3x50 and 1CYLx20 and select NO when asked if qualification tool has moved. This is where my question is....when I calibrated the probes used in CMM program "B" do the probes used in CMM program "A" get washed out and no longer tie in to the MASTER probe correctly now?

    I greatly appreciate any responses and I'd very much love to hear a response from a Hexagon rep. Thanks all.
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