Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh

Wolfgang Hoffmann

Kurt Brenner

Karl Seitz

Roland Roth

Thomas Kleine-Besten

Stephanus B&uuml;ttgenbach

Stephanus Büttgenbach

Sebastian B&uuml;tefisch

Uwe Brand

Sebastian Bütefisch

A touch probe for a coordinate measuring apparatus is proposed which includes a touch probe chassis adapted to be attached to the coordinate measuring apparatus, a support for the sensing stylus which is mounted on the touch probe chassis so as to be deflectable from a rest position and on which a sensing stylus is mountable for contacting a workpiece , a deflection measuring system for detecting a deflection of the support for the sensing stylus with respect to the touch probe chassis and an inspection optics for inspecting a tip of the sensing stylus . The touch probe is characterized in that at least one of the components support for the sensing stylus and touch probe chassis comprises a transverse support which extends transversely to a direction of extension of the sensing stylus and which is transparent to light in at least a portion thereof and which is disposed in a beam path of the inspection optics

Touch probe with deflection measurement and inspection optics

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Bergfeld, Germany

Wolfgang Hoffmann