Mahr to display cylindricity machine with probe

Mahr Federal will showcase a new version of its MMQ 200 Formtester cylindricity machine with an automated T7W probing system at MDandM West, which is due to be held on 9-11 February 2010.

According to the company, which will occupy booth 2,885 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, the T7W is a +/-360-degree motorised bidirectional probe intended to reduce operator involvement and improve measurement capability.

Complete with Mahr's Easyform Version 3.0 software, the MMQ 200 is compact, fast and simple to learn and operate; it is equally at home in the metrology laboratory or on the shop floor.

Pat Nugent, vice-president for metrology systems at Mahr Federal, said: 'Automated probe positioning means an operator can put a part on the machine, walk away and the whole measurement can be done automatically.

'Since manual probe rotation is subject to human error, a secondary benefit of automated probe positioning is greater accuracy of position and hence improved accuracy and repeatability for the whole measurement process,' added Nugent.

The user interface of the MMQ 200's Easyform 3 software guides users through measurement setup and operation.

Measurement results are immediately displayed on the screen, including 3D representation with colour or grid lines providing an interactive graphic preview.

Results can be printed, saved in file formats such as PDF or exported for analysis in other software packages.

Optimised for the measurement of cylindricity through rotational table axis and vertical-axis integration, the MMQ 200 can also perform a full range of ISO and/or ASME form checks, including roundness, straightness, flatness (from a polar trace), parallelism, concentricity, coaxiality, run-out, total run-out, taper, perpendicularity, angularity and angle sector (roundness, flatness or run-out).

Also on display at the Mahr Federal booth will be surface and contour measurement systems; precision length measurement systems; air gauging; electronic and mechanical gauges; and handheld measurement tools.

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