Abstract:
A method and apparatus for improved tool set-up and adjustment using thin tactile sensors. A method is provided comprising the steps of affixing a plurality of sensing cells to the tool at spaced locations thereon, electrically connecting the sensing cells to a measuring instrument, establishing a measurement event threshold for each electrically connected sensing cell, detecting occurrences of the measurement events for each electrically connected sensing cell, and, in response to detecting these occurrences, adjusting the tool set-up consistent with the measurement events.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for the automatic gauging of engineering components. The apparatus includes a clamp for holding a component to be gauged, probes for scanning a surface of the component, drives to provide relative motion between the component and the probes in three mutually perpendicular axes, measuring transducers associated with the drives and the probes to generate signals to measure the degree of movement between the component and the probes, computer memory for storing data relating to a reference profile having dimensions which it is desired to achieve, computer apparatus for comparing signals generated by the measuring transducers with the corresponding signals in the memory, computer apparatus for calculating any error between the stored data and signals generated by the measuring transducers to stack the component to maximize desired coincidence between the dimensions of the reference profile and the actual component. The method and apparatus are described with reference to the gauging of components having aerofoils.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for the automatic gauging of engineering components. The apparatus includes a clamp for holding a component to be gauged, probes for scanning a surface of the component, drives to provide relative motion between the component and the probes in three mutually perpendicular axes, measuring transducers associated with the drives and the probes to generate signals to measure the degree of movement between the component and the probes, computer memory for storing data relating to a reference profile having dimensions which it is desired to achieve, computer apparatus for comparing signals generated by the measuring transducers with the corresponding signals in the memory, computer apparatus for calculating any error between the stored data and signals generated by the measuring transducers to stack the component to maximize desired coincidence between the dimensions of the reference profile and the actual component. The method and apparatus are described with reference to the gauging of components having aerofoils.
Abstract:
A measured data pass-fail discriminating apparatus comprising a digital display type measuring instrument (1) and a data discriminating device (2) for discriminating pass or fail of measured data inputted from the measuring instrument (2). In the data discriminating device (2), the upper limit value (HH) and the lower limit value (LL) are set, and the upper limit preview value (H) and the lower limit preview value (L) are set closer to reference values than the upper limit value (HH) and lower limit value (LL). An alarm signal is given when the measured data having the same number as the preset judging frequency (Jl) continuously lies in ranges between the upper limit preview value (H) and the upper limit value (HH) and between the lower preview value (L) and the lower limit value (LL), or when the measured data exceed the upper limit value (H) and the lower limit value (L).