Calibration of incremental fine probes

Feinmess Suhl GmbH's portfolio not only includes test equipment for product measurements such as fiducials or micrometers, but also systems for monitoring test equipment - these include, for example, fully automatic dial gauge and precision pointer testers, devices for gauge block, strip gauge or bore plug gauge testing, as well as horizontal and vertical length measuring systems. For more than ten years, the company has offered a calibration service. This came about through the calibration and certification of its own products. "We develop and design our own test equipment monitoring devices, such as probe test stations," says Norbert Heym, laboratory manager at Feinmess Suhl. "And we are the only laboratory in Germany that is DAkkS-accredited for incremental probes up to 100 mm."

Incremental Fine Probe IKF100D

The manually adjustable, incremental 100 mm fine probe is equipped with a PU26 display unit mounted directly on the fine probe with a resolution of 0.1 µm. The display unit visualizes the measurement results of the high-precision length measurement of workpieces, test specimens, measuring pins or gauge blocks. It can also be used as an interface for further processing of the collected data on the PC. The corresponding interface and visualization software FMS-View is included in the scope of delivery.

Abbe's comparator principle for highest measuring accuracy

The incremental fine probe operates on the basis of an optoelectronic measuring system. A prismatic rolling guide with scale is mounted on the base body of the fine probe. The fine probe is adjusted via a handwheel. The system accuracy is less than 0.3 µm. The measuring pin is on the same axis as the measuring system and complies with Abbe's comparator principle. According to the manufacturer, compliance with this principle guarantees the exceptionally high measuring accuracy of all incremental fine probes in the IKF series.

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