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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Giuseppe Morfino, I-Pino Torinese, IT;
Giuseppe Morfino, I-Pino Torinese, IT;
FIDIA S.p.A., San Mauro Torinese, IT;
Abstract
A system and a process are disclosed, that are automated and integrated with numerically controlled systems, for measuring, compensating and testing numerically controlled machine tool heads () and/or tables. The system comprises: at least one support base () equipped with a plurality of distance sensors (); at least one device () of the gage tool type composed of an elongated cylinder () that is equipped at one of its ends with connection means () for the heads () and is equipped at another opposite end with a ball (), wherein the ball () is placed next to the sensors () so that they are able, always and in any position, to measure the distance that separates them from the ball () and determine thereby the position in the Cartesian space.