I am curious what most of you do. When more than one styli is needed and multiple tip angles, do you probe all possible features with one stylus and then change styli and probe remaining. Or, do you switch back and forth between styli in one angle then move to other angles?
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Originally posted by Matthew D. HoedemanI don't. I will work to find a way to check the entire part with one set up. I do not have a changer and I am still using a PH9 and TP2's.
Craig<internet bumper sticker goes here>
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If I am doing blue-print feature measurement, I start by numbering the print, and then I follow the numbering scheme I have on the print. So when I need to switch tips and/or angles I do it where needed. I use an SP600 and have a total of 4 caps for it that I change out by hand(no changer). Same goes for my TP20.sigpic
James Mannes
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I have a PH10MQ with tp2. If i need multiple tips i use a 5way and put the tips and angles i need. I try to write 1 program for the entire part without having to recalibrate.sigpic.....Its called golf because all the other 4 letter words were taken
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I suppose I am a bit spoiled. I have a tp20 & a tp200 changer. So I have a total of 12 stylii at my disposal. I can not think of a program offhand that needs more than 3. I write programs both ways depending on the part and what has to be checked. I would say that most of the time I check each section/view from the print complete and change tips as needed. HTHsigpic"Hated by Many, Loved by Few" _ A.B. - Stone brewery
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I guess I have always just done all the angles and then changed tips. I was just curious. The reason I do it my way is that I don't have a changer and so to continually switch is a big pain in the ***. If I do all of one stylus and then switch to another I can leave the machine to do it's (see if DaddyBluto catches that) thing and I don't have to keep switching the modules.
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I have a TP200 & a SP600 w/ a PH10MQ. I have several modules and pucks for the TP200 & SP600, so I measure as much as I can w/ the 1st tip then change modules. I also have programs where I switch between the TP200 and the SP600 using the auto joints. No tool changer. Some of my programs there is no other way to measure other than using both the TP200 and the SP600 .PCDmis 3.5mr2 CAD++
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