摘要:
A machine base (4) comprising a lower base portion (8) and an upper base portion (10) with the upper base portion including a downwardly projecting portion (14) extending to, into or through the lower base portion with no contact between the upper and lower base portions. The machine base further includes at least two vibration and/or shock isolation sub-systems (22, 24).
摘要:
A remote pendant (20) for a metrology machine. The pendant comprises a non- configurable user interface which is an extension of the main computer monitor wherein the screens shown on a monitor of the pendant are created by application and/or control software running on the computer control of the machine. The remote pendant further comprises camera and/or webcam (30) features as well as voice recording capabilities. With the remote pendant, the machine operator can view messages appearing on the main computer screen and respond to any prompts via a touch screen (28) on the pendant thereby eliminating the need to return to the machine operator station.
摘要:
A method of determining the minimum radius and the mounting distance of a worm gear member (6) of a worm drive (2). The root portion (26) of a tooth slot (24) is probed at a plurality of points along the length of the root and the locations of the points are utilized as the basis for determining the minimum radius and the mounting distance.