Modelling of pretravel for touch trigger probes on indexable probe heads on coordinate measuring machines

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 206-213

  Shen, Yin Lin ^a,b   Zhang, Xianping ^a  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring machine; Indexable probe head; Pretravel; Touch trigger probe

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MACHINE TOOLS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS;

BENDING DEFLECTION; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; INDEXABLE PROBE HEADS; PRETRAVEL; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STYLUS SHAFT; TOUCH TRIGGER PROBES;

PROBES;

EID: 0030649019     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01305872     Document Type: Article

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