Can someone give me some tips on calibrating tips. i have always used a CMM and I am really new to a Romer arm and was wondering if you guys had some tips???
My instructor said the same thing, but I have other people using my Romer with the QuickMeasure software so I like to calibrate them a couple of times a month. I do a Length Check around once a month also. How often do you calibrate probes or do a length check?
The Length check / Point check / Sphere checks that we do in RDS Data Collector should be done for two reasons:
1) to qualify your measurement area (i.e. is this table sturdy enough? is this fixturing tight enough? what sort of results can I expect with this given setup? let's measure a 'perfect part' and find out)
2) to quickly assess whether or not our Arm remains in a state of calibration.
when I fail my Checkouts:
85% of the time, there's an issue with my setup. Somehow, the part and arm are moving relative to each other
10% of the time, there's an issue with the operator. Somehow I've taken a sloppy hit.
4% of the time, there's an issue with my probe. Somehow, the probe is no longer in the state it was after the last calibration.
1% of the time, there's an issue with the arm. Somehow, the encoders are no longer in a state of calibration.
My instructor said the same thing, but I have other people using my Romer with the QuickMeasure software so I like to calibrate them a couple of times a month. I do a Length Check around once a month also. How often do you calibrate probes or do a length check?
The Length check / Point check / Sphere checks that we do in RDS Data Collector should be done for two reasons:
1) to qualify your measurement area (i.e. is this table sturdy enough? is this fixturing tight enough? what sort of results can I expect with this given setup? let's measure a 'perfect part' and find out)
2) to quickly assess whether or not our Arm remains in a state of calibration.
when I fail my Checkouts:
85% of the time, there's an issue with my setup. Somehow, the part and arm are moving relative to each other
10% of the time, there's an issue with the operator. Somehow I've taken a sloppy hit.
4% of the time, there's an issue with my probe. Somehow, the probe is no longer in the state it was after the last calibration.
1% of the time, there's an issue with the arm. Somehow, the encoders are no longer in a state of calibration.
