Innovation
The only UK-owned company that
designs and makes coordinate measuring
machines (CMMs), Aberlink, has pushed
the boundaries of technology once again,
introducing two new CMM designs. One
looks traditional, the other not, but neither
are so. Andrew Allcock visited to learn more
Technological novelties are Aberlink’s
( www.is.gd/oP2kjx ) stock in trade and its two latest
CMM developments do not disappoint. More than the
CMMs’ hardware elements, however, the accompanying
metrology software also has a hidden gems within.
But before diving into the detail, let’s cut to the chase.
Horizon looks like a traditional bridge CMM, has a working
envelope of 800 mm in X, either 1,000, 1,500 or
2,000 mm in Y and 600 mm in Z. It has a rst order
accuracy statement of: Renishaw TP20 (1.9 + 0.4L/100)/
TP200 (1.8 + 0.4L/100)/SP25M (1.75 + 0.4L/100)
micron. This is versus the company’s top-of-the-range, and
larger (1,000 mm in X), Zenith 3, which boasts TP20 (2.7
+ 0.4L/100)/TP200 (2.6 + 0.4L/100)/SP25M (2.4 +
0.4L/100) micron.
The Extol CNC CMM is the world’s fi rst CMM to utilise a delta
mechanism. Designed for robustness and reliability, the Extol
CMM will run around the clock, making it ideal whether it is
positioned next to a machine tool, in a manufacturing cell,
or used in a dedicated inspection area
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