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TopoCAMcmm Optical - 3D Coordinate measuring technique

 
Modern manufacturing technologies increasingly allow the free form design of components in which regular shapes no longer need to be taken into consideration. The resulting so-called freeform parts or freeform surfaces can thus only be described by the CAD model.As a consequence of this, a sufficiently high number of measuring points is required in order to describe and compare such free shapes.
 
The meanwhile, termed classical coordinate measuring technique based on tactile scanning, meats its limitations very quickly when used for the processing of free forms. Due to the applied principle of measuring data acquisition, only single measuring points or designated positions can be captured.
 
In practice, even intended standard geometries are often unfathomable free shapes that have to be recognised and measured by the metrological equipment!
 
With our new approach of providing a CNC-driven 3D coordinate measuring instrument with area-based measurement, we are opening up a new dimension in 3D coordinate metrology and leave no geometric surface defect on your component undiscovered. Intelligible, and easily interpretable graphical 3D evaluation protocols with colour coded representations allow a selective elimination of possible quality faults on your components.

3D-CNC measurement of components

   

With a maximum geometric information density enabled by the area-based measuring techniqueof stripe projection with highest measurement accuracy you are in a better position to checkand increase your product quality automated.

By an automatic 3D raster scan an acquisition of the 3D geometry without previous accurate knowledge of the object to be measured is obtained. As result of the raster scan a 3D dataset with several million measured points is generated, quickly and defined comparable to a CAD dataset or reference data.

 
      Optical 3D coordinate measuring machine TopoCAM


Fields of application

  • Cutting tools
  • Mould and tool making
  • Foundry, tools such as insert, drill, etc.
  • Sheet metal industry (bended parts and punchings)
  • Vehicle construction as well as components suppliers
  • Plastics industry (injection moulded components)
  • Electrical equipment and plant construction

Features

  • Rapid measurement acquisition (± 2,5 µm, depending on the measuring field size), examined after VDI/VDE guidelines 2634 sheets 2/sheet3
  • Enormous saving of time in relation to tactile measuring procedures with comparable measuring point density
  • Quality increase and higher process reliability due to areabased measurement and three-dimensional visualisation with up to 2.8 million measuring points per idividual measuring
  • Own developed software packet ; possibility for custom software
  • Area-based data acquisition
  • Non-contact measuring method

Economic advantages

  • Quality increase and higher process reliability due to area based measurement and three-dimensional visualisation with up to 4 million measuring points per individual measuring
  • Enormous saving of time in relation to tactile measuring procedures with comparable measuring point density
  • No renewed measurement required, if features are added or have changed, since the 3D geometry is completely present
  • Production-related application
 
 

Measuring parameters

Measuring volume*

[mm³]

40x30x30

100x80x50

180x150x150

300x250x200

 

Typical measuring accuracyin space MPE (E)

 

[μm]

± 2,5

± 5

± 7,5

± 12

*Additional measuring ranges on request

       
 


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