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Method for measuring a workpiece using a machine tool

  • US 7,886,453 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2007
  • Issued: 02/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for measuring a workpiece on a machine tool comprising the steps of;

  • (i) taking a workpiece having a nominal surface profile, said workpiece being located within the working area of a machine tool,(ii) using the machine tool to move an analogue probe having a deflectable stylus along a predetermined measurement path relative to the workpiece,(iii) measuring deflections of the stylus of the analogue probe as said analogue probe moves along said predetermined measurement path,wherein step (ii) comprises moving the analogue probe relative to the workpiece at a speed greater than five millimeters per second and wherein said predetermined measurement path provides intermittent contact between the stylus and the workpiece.

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