Alicona supplies measurement equipment to Makino during IMTS 2010
This enabled Makino to show how advanced quality assurance in the field of high precision and micro technology using their high performance iQ300 vertical machining centre can be performed.
As this also applies to components with small radii and angles, the technology can be used to show how effective the machining process of the Makino high performance machining centres was.
At Makino, the optical system is used for the measurement of high resolution, 3D inspection of high tolerance, micro machined features for plastic mold cavities, cores and tooling components.
John Bradford, Makino’s Micromachining R&D Manager about the optical system: “Alicona’s
InfiniteFocus metrology solution provides an ideal compliment to Makino’s micro machining technologies. This tool enables the user to analyze 3 dimensional machined surfaces to a very high degree of resolution, so that a clear understanding of processing trends can be established, and then intelligent process manipulations can be applied as needed. Furthermore, final 3D surface inspections can be quickly made, and compared to the original CAD data. Final dimensional deviations out of prescribed tolerance can be simply identified and corrected as needed. It is obvious that this powerful metrology technology will allow clients to improve their product quality, but most importantly, it will allow them to more intimately understand and adjust their in-process machining techniques to improve throughput efficiencies.”
