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Machine checking gauge (MCG) for monitoring the volumetric measuring performance of your CMM.
Special calibrated stylus can be used with TP1, TP2, TP20, TP6, TP6A, MIP* and PH50* with suitable adaptors
- Using the Renishaw MCG, users are able to carry out a 10 - 20 minute interim verification of volumetric accuracy to British standard BS EN ISO 10360-2
- The results give assurance that measurements taken on the CMM are accurate, or give conclusive proof that servicing or re-calibration work is needed
- This process is quick and cost effective and a range of pillar heights and arm lengths mean that volumetric accuracy can be checked on both large and small CMMs
- The probe's stylus slots into the end of what is, in effect, a reference ballbar which travels in a circular path, where radial readings are then taken at 0°, +45° and -45° elevations
- The range of these readings indicate the volumetric measuring performance of the CMM, repetition of a sequence of readings checks the system for repeatablility
- Volumetric measuring perfomance is the maximum error between any two points in a plane, over any distance within the full measuring volume
* Obsolete products
Checking time | |
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CNC (DCC) machine | Typically 15 minutes |
Joystick machine | Typically 45 minutes |
Manual machine | Typically 45 minutes |
Measuring range | |
Vertically | ±45° ‡ |
Horizontally | 360° |
Total gauge error | ±0.5 µm (0.00002 in) |
Kit | Description |
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MCG1 | Small kit - for machines up to 1 m³ (35.315 ft³) |
MCG2 | Comprehensive kit - for machines greater than 1 m³ (35.315 ft³) |