Contact Measurement (Probing)
Our contract measurement services include a variety of short-range (< 20 feet) and long-range (20 to 900 feet) technologies, which use both contact and non-contact processes.
For short-range, contact measurement, we offer our PCMM solutions. These include two styles of touch probing (digitizing) that provide high-accuracy measurements of objects that fit within an 18 foot envelope.
PCMM Highlights
Portable coordinate measurement machine (PCMM) is the perfect term for metrology equipment that uses the touch probe approach of a stationary CMM but offers the flexibility of portability and large measurement ranges. These metrology tools are ideal for applications that require:
- High accuracy
- Hundreds of measurements on geometric shapes
- Measurement of large objects (too big for a conventional CMM)
- Measurement of objects in-site
PCMM Technologies
ROMER INFINITE Pro arms
- Measurement ranges of up to 12 feet
- 6 DOF (degrees of freedom)
- Accuracy of 0.001 to 0.002 inch (part dependent)
NDI OPTOTRAK optical tracker
- Untethered, walkabout scanning solution
- Measurement range of 5 to 18 feet
- Accuracy of 0.001 to 0.002 inch(part dependent)
For more details on what these systems can do for you, please call us at 866-722-2600.
Short-Range Scanning and Long-Range Metrology
For many projects, we will combine the short-range PCMM tools with our short-range, 3D scanning equipment. This delivers a perfect blend of high precision for feature locations and geometric measurements and high density for complex or organic shapes.
And when the parts are too big or too far away to be measured with the short-range tools, we apply our long-range technologies, which use both 3D scanning and PCMM approaches at distances of up to 900 feet.
For more information on this technology, please feel free to contact us at any time. To request a quotation, please use this online form.
