Automatic part-measuring technologies can not only verify dimensions, but can collect the data for you and help improve quality.
Grip-Gage-Go solution from Control Gaging Inc., two standard gages are attached to a robot gripper.
Do certain features on certain parts cause you headaches or heartburn? If the answer is yes—and most folks in the machining business will probably answer yes—you might consider using automated measurement techniques to keep tabs on those challenging parts.
Many automated measurement options are available, measuring everything from a single critical dimension to an array of dimensions and forms on a workpiece. You can measure while a part is being machined, watch the dimensions of parts coming off a machine, or use a separate gaging station to measure dozens of dimensions on a finished part. Automated measurement systems come off-the-shelf or custom-made, and their abilities seem to be limited only by the imagination.
Various methods of automated measurement have been used for a long time. But over the last 30 years, innovations in sensors and improvements in computer technology have made automated measurement more and more applicable to different machining processes and machined parts. In addition to measuring parts and collecting the data, some measurement systems can even send information back to the machine.
