I figured it would best to separate my questions. For this one I am wondering about calibration. We have 2 Quindos machines, one with a 3 probe changer and one with a 5 probe changer. They have been using the same calibration programs for a long time, only modifying a couple sections of the program to add a new probe to one of the machines. They do run calibration pretty regularly, one taking about 45 minutes and the other 1 hour 15 minutes. Every orientation is calibrated that is used during the large volume of part programs. For the sake of decreasing time to calibrate the probes, and because I think its doing so unnecessarily,my question is this:
If for each probe in the changer, a reference probe is defined and calibrated, would calibrating the reference probe in default A0B0 orientation "requalify" the probe for all its orientations?
I know a regular full calibration will always be necessary, but any time savings would be a plus for production inspection. Which leads to my 2nd question:
If a single probe is changed out, but in the same magazine position, would deleting the 1st probes data and defining/calibrating the new probe be sufficient? Or is full calibration of all probes necessary?
As to your first question, not that I am aware, if you requalify one tip you need to requalify all of them.
With regard to your second question:
Has the calibration artefact moved since the last calibration?
Has the cmm been re-homed?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then all probes need to be redone, as the home position isn't repeatable enough to handle tip qualification.
As to your first question, not that I am aware, if you requalify one tip you need to requalify all of them.
With regard to your second question:
Has the calibration artefact moved since the last calibration?
Has the cmm been re-homed?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then all probes need to be redone, as the home position isn't repeatable enough to handle tip qualification.