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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GB;
Inventors:
John Ould, Blackwell Farleigh, GB;
Kevin Tett, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/012 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/012 (2013.01); G01B 21/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of finding a feature of an object using an analogue probe mounted on a machine tool. The method includes the analogue probe and/or object following a course of motion which causes the analogue probe's surface sensing region to traverse across the feature to be found a plurality of times whilst approaching the feature over successive traverses so as to ultimately arrive in a position sensing relationship with the feature so as to collect scanned measurement data about the feature along at least part of a traverse.