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Auto Cleaning Probes

Hello All,

So I'm currently doing a lot of improvements to my factory and one thing that id like to try implement is auto cleaning the probes, I've heard of ones being available to the likes of Mitutoyo however i am unable to find any form of solution to this anywhere else for hexagon products.

If it is possible can anyone help me out and point me in the direction please? 

We do currently clean probes in the morning and when required however out night shift also run the CMMS but only at operator level, so (in theory) before and after a probe has been used as its being put away it would go to a cleaning pot of sorts and then be cleaned and then put away as so night shift don't get dodgy readings and then when we come in its due to a bit of dirt on the probe because they didn't notice it picked it up from a different part they checked. 

All Help is appreciated and thanks in advance

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  • I have worked with a customer to implement one of the probe cleaning systems mentioned by Aaron Baldauf on a Hexagon Global CMM.   We located the probe cleaner on the CMM so it could be permanent and then had a program to teach the location and save that via an external alignment command.    Then at the end of each program, you can recall the alignment and clean the probes used in that program by doing several move commands.   The cleaning station itself is activated when the probe passes through the little sensor on it.   Pretty easy to set up.  

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  • I have worked with a customer to implement one of the probe cleaning systems mentioned by Aaron Baldauf on a Hexagon Global CMM.   We located the probe cleaner on the CMM so it could be permanent and then had a program to teach the location and save that via an external alignment command.    Then at the end of each program, you can recall the alignment and clean the probes used in that program by doing several move commands.   The cleaning station itself is activated when the probe passes through the little sensor on it.   Pretty easy to set up.  

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