INSPECT PARTS ON THE MACHINE

On-machine inspection really isn't anything new. Old-time machinists used micrometers, calipers, and manual gages to inspect their work on the machine. Virtually all modern grinders have in-process gages to monitor part size. Today, on-machine measurement has evolved into the machine-tool environment using electronic touch probes and software derived from CMMs. These developments allow a machine tool to inspect the part on the machine much as a CMM would inspect the part off-line.

Sharad Mundra, Product Manager for the MIDA Division in Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich., interviewed by Manufacturing Engineering.
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Read the Inspect Parts on the Machine article, that first appeared in the August 2007 issue of Manufacturing Engineering Magazine.

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