SOFTWARE FOR ON-MACHINE MEASURING GETS AN UPDATE

Marposs now offers newly updated 3D Shape Inspector part measurement software for moldmaking machine tools with as many as 5 axes, and newly enhanced software for its Mida Laser tool setters for gauging and updating the cutting radius of moldmaking tools such as ballnose end mills.

Installed on the machine tool’s CNC or on a separate PC, Marposs said its 3D Shape Inspector (3DSI) software enables moldmakers to turn a machining center or milling/turning machine into a virtual CMM by providing rapid verification of workpiece form and accuracy without removing the part from the machine.

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Read the Software for On-Machine Measuring gets an Update article trat originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of American Machinist Magazine.

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