(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has announced the release of the Optiv Classic 443 tp coordinate measuring machine (CMM), the newest model in the Optiv Classic series. The unit comes touch-trigger probe ready and includes a high-resolution color CCD camera for multisensor applications with microscale to nanoscale precision measurement requirements.
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The Classic 443 tp boasts a first-term accuracy of 1.9 microns making it ideal for inspecting small-scale features and parts (e.g., microhole dies, sieves, filters, fiber optics, and inkjet nozzles) as well as complex, densely populated precision parts from the medical, aerospace, electronics, or automotive industries. This entry-level, high-capacity multisensor CMM provides more than five times the measurement volume of its smaller brother, the Optiv Classic 321GL tp.
In addition to the high-resolution color CCD camera, the Classic 443 tp’s vision technology includes calibrated lighting and a multisegment LED triple angle ring light to create better contrast for edge detection. The CMM features a 12X CNC motorized zoom for continuous field-of-view and resolution adjustment, and an LED status indicator providing a quick visual check of the machine’s status.
The Classic 443 tp comes standard with PC-DMIS Vision image processing software and optional online 3D CAD capabilities for live programming of the machine to compare measured values to nominals. The software includes the groundbreaking MultiCapture feature that finds all 2D characteristics in the field of view, regardless of their type, and measures them simultaneously. MultiCapture then moves the camera to the next cluster of features and measures them. This sequence continues until the inspection program is complete and is then automatically optimized by creating the most efficient path with the fewest number of stage movements. Inspection speeds increase by 50 percent or more, depending on feature size and density, which can significantly raise throughput.
“The Classic 443 tp offers increased capacity, without sacrificing accuracy, in a truly innovative multisensor CMM,” says Dan Farnsworth, product manager for Hexagon Metrology. “The increased measurement volume makes it ideal for palletized parts and offers good accessibility to the measuring table from all sides. It is the perfect fit for high-volume measurement of small, tightly toleranced parts.”
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