Hexagon Metrology S.p.a.

Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh

Alberto Tarizzo

Michele Verdi

Claudio Iseli

Bernhard Sprenger

Lorenzo Merlo

The motion system for a CMM includes a measuring axis with an air bearing, a control unit for determining a position of the measuring probe in a reference frame and outputting the position as a measuring result. The first air bearing includes a guideway, slide having a slide surface and a gas outlet within the slide surface. The gas outlet is for providing a gas cushion in a gap between the slide surface and the guideway. A cover is arranged around the slide so a gap is provided between the cover and the guideway and a hollow space is provided between the cover and the slide. A wiper is arranged on the cover. A nozzle unit is supplied by a second gas supply line and for providing a high-pressure gas flow directed onto the guideway.

Coordinate-measuring machine with self-cleaning air bearing

A coordinate measuring machine (CMM) having a belt drive unit for an elongated axis element of the CMM, the belt drive unit comprising a belt, the ends of which are clamped on the elongated axis element, a pulley unit, comprising a drive pulley and two idler pulleys, wherein the belt entangles the drive pulley and the idle pulleys in an omega-shaped manner, and wherein the pulley unit is configured to cause a relative linear movement between the axis element and the pulley unit, wherein a damping layer is disposed adjacent to the belt.

Coordinate measuring machine with an improved belt drive

A process for producing a beam element of a co-ordinate measuring machine, comprising the steps of applying a machinable metal coating by spraying on a structural substrate made of ceramic material, impregnating the coating with a resin, and executing on the coating a surface-finishing machining operation and a treatment of surface hardening.

Process for producing a beam element of a co-ordinate measuring machine, and measuring machine provided with said beam element

A co-ordinate measuring machine comprising a block of concrete with function of foundation or machine bed, and a plurality of linear deformation sensors embedded in the block or applied thereto and configured for detecting the deformations of the block itself for compensating the measuring errors of the machine resulting from said deformations.

Measuring machine provided with a block of concrete having the function of foundation or machine bed, and method for compensating the measuring errors due to deformations of the block

A co-ordinate measuring machine () comprising a machine bed () provided with guides along a first axis, and a mobile unit () comprising at least one main carriage () mobile along the guides (); the machine bed () comprises a closed perimetral metal frame () provided with guides () and a worktable () housed within the frame (); the worktable () and the frame () are constrained to one another by constraint means () that uncouple the deformations thereof.

Machine bed for a co-ordinate measuring machine

A co-ordinate measuring machine comprising a bed provided with a horizontal measuring surface, a unit that is mobile along guides carried by the bed itself, an annular structure extending along a perimetral area of the bed and constrained thereto by statically determinate means of constraint, and a plurality of displacement sensors set between the annular structure and one between the bed and the mobile unit for detecting relative displacements with respect to an initial reference condition.

Co-ordinate measuring machine

A bed for a measuring machine constituted by a frame provided with a pair of mutually parallel beams bearing guides for the mobile unit of the machine, and a workpiece table housed between the beams; the workpiece table and the frame are constrained to one another by constraint means that decouple the deformations thereof, and the frame comprises at least one cross-member connected to respective intermediate portions of the beams.

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Turin, Italy

Alberto Tarizzo