| Quality Digest Article on NCMS and Laser Tracker VEC |
"An innovative methodology for large machine tool calibration."
2010-02-25 Quality Digest is currently running a detailed story about Automated Precision's involvement with the NCMS Volumetric Accuracy for Large Machine Tools (VALMT). This project, which partners API, Boeing, Siemens and Mag Cincinnati, uses laser trackers for a new type of volumetric calibration "that improves close tolerance and working accuracy of complex five- and six-axis machine tools throughout their entire working envelope."
Click here for the full story from Quality Digest For more information about Volumetric Error Compensation (VEC):
For More information about API's Laser Tracker: API's Laser Tracker web page (Tracker3) API Laser Tracker Videos on Youtube
About Quality Digest (www.qualitydigest.com): Founded in 1981, Quality Digest evolved into the highest BPA audited circulation for the quality professionals category through the end of 2008 (our final BPA audit), with more than 64,000 subscribers. In the spring of 2009, Quality Digest became a web-only publication, with a focus on a daily news cycle that presents the freshest possible information to the quality industry. |
