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Coordinate Measurement systems
News Release from: Hexagon Metrology | Subject: Cordax Pioneer co-ordinate measuring machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 April 2008
Sheffield 'entry level' bridge CMM
released
For factories buying their first co-ordinate measuring machine, Sheffield measurement has developed a low-cost, moving bridge type with a range of touch trigger probing options.
Sheffield Measurement has introduced its Cordax Pioneer co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) It is an affordable, small, moving bridge CMM said by Sheffield to be ideal for manufacturers purchasing their first CMM
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Pioneer is available in four sizes with travels ranging from 600mm x 800mm x 600mm up to 800mm x 1200mm x 600mm.
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The Pioneer has a highly optimised aluminum orifice air bearing system, which provides greater reliability and superior stiffness, said Sheffield, especially when combined with precision machined dove-tail guide ways.
Pioneer also has the following features.
* A sturdy one piece granite table.
* Heidenhain high resolution scales.
* Micro-machined aluminum alloy X beam and Z ram construction.
As with all Sheffield CMMs, Pioneer has, as standard, the PC-DMIS defacto standard metrology software.
Sheffield sales manager, Steve Bjorkman, said that the Pioneer is reshaping the entry-level CMM market with design elements once only found on very high end CMMs.
he said: "From the mechanical design, to the construction techniques, to the controller technology, Pioneer represents some of the best innovations from Hexagon Metrology wrapped up in a highly affordable package".
Pioneer also offers a range of Swiss Tesastar touch trigger probing options.
The Tesa Tesastar-m-m8 automatic indexing probe head has all of the advanced design features of the Tesastar-m, plus a direct M8 interface.
The new Tesastar-mp probe and Tesastar-pr probe rack work together to provide easy automatic changing of magnetically coupled probe modules.
* About Sheffield Measurement - Sheffield Measurement brings more than a century of experience to the design and manufacture of dimensional measurement products.
Sheffield's Cordax brand CMMs have been adopted by hundreds of companies around the world for the dimensional inspection of their precision manufactured parts.
* About Hexagon Metrology - Hexagon Metrology serves the high precision measurement and inspection needs of worldwide manufacturers with its extensive line of metrology hardware, software, accessories, and customer services.
The company's name-brand portfolio of quality assurance products include Brown and Sharpe, CogniTens, Leica Geosystems, Romer, Sheffield, PC-DMIS, DEA, Leitz, and Tesa.
Hexagon Metrology has an unrivaled installed base of more than 1.5 million handheld, stationary and portable measurement devices, and over 30,000 seats of PC-DMIS metrology software.
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