Part Inspection and Setup on Stone Working Machines

Part inspection applications perform two check phases: work-piece set up and part inspection.

Before starting a process on stone, it is compulsory to know the exact position of the rough piece, its origins, and orientation. The lack of such information or its inaccuracy implies the risk of machining the part out of the required tolerances, due to misalignment. In other words, knowing the work-piece setup means significant scrap reduction.

Part inspection allows for a dimensional check right after machining. In this way, the user knows if:

• The part is correct and can proceed to the next process;
• The part has higher dimensions than requested, so it requires further machining;
• The part was badly machined; the immediate exclusion of a bad part prevents further process on it.