METALEX 2012: Renishaw highlights latest probe head

Its compact design makes it suitable for new CMM purchases and as a retrofit to the vast majority of existing CMM touch-trigger installations. CMM users can gain benefits with adaptive positioning to accommodate part misalignment, fast calibration routines and an integral TP20 probe mount that optimizes the working volume of the CMM.

The Renishaw Equator is a versatile alternative to custom gaging and offers inspection of a variety of manufactured parts.  Installation is possible in minutes and re-configuration of the gaging system to cater for part design changes or to measure new parts is possible in a fraction of the time taken with conventional custom gaging. The thousands of points collected during 3D scanning with the industry standard SP25 probe results in better metrology and enables effective form measurement.  Every data point can be used for comparative measurement.  One Equator can perform the same function of thousands of DTIs, LVDTs or handheld instruments.