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Method and apparatus for measuring a part

  • US 10,132,622 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2014
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of measuring a part with a contact probe mounted on a coordinate positioning machine, the method comprising measuring a plurality of points on the part when both the part and contact probe are moving continuously between different positions within the coordinate positioning machine, the probe moving to measure a plurality of sets of substantially coincident points on the part such that the substantially coincident points of each set are measured at spaced apart positions in the coordinate positioning machine and at spaced apart positions along a scan path, defined in a reference frame of the part,wherein, for each set, between measuring the substantially coincident points of the set, the contact probe measures at least one point that is non-coincident therewith.

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