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US 2018/0003662 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for monitoring a bearing state of a probe
OwnerAnton FUCHS, Rudolf KERNinventors
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A method and an apparatus for monitoring a bearing state of a probe or probe part of a coordinate measuring machine, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one evaluation device and at least one monitoring circuit. A probe-side bearing section is mountable on a measuring-machine-side bearing section via a plurality of bearing devices. The monitoring circuit comprises at least one subcircuit per bearing device. A variable dependent on a resistance of the monitoring circuit is determinable. A resistance value of the subcircuit in a closed state of the bearing device is different than a resistance value of the subcircuit in the open state of the bearing device. The monitoring circuit is designed in such a way that an open or closed bearing state of each bearing device is determinable depending on the variable dependent on the resistance of the monitoring circuit.
An apparatus for monitoring a bearing state of a probe or probe part of a coordinate measuring machine, wherein a probe-side bearing section is mountable on a measuring-machine-side bearing section via a plurality of bearing devices, wherein the apparatus comprises:
A method for monitoring a bearing state of a probe or probe part of a coordinate measuring machine, including the steps of:
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