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US 2019/0168378 A1Published application
Measurement station and measurement method
AssigneeMitutoyo Corporation
InventorsMasahiro ISHIKAWA, Yoshitaka KAYABA, Go FUKINO, Hirotaka MURAMATSU
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Abstract
A robot arm supporting a workpiece, a support mechanism in a form of a coordinate measuring machine supporting a detector head, and a fixation portion in a form of a contact block fixing the detector head to the workpiece are used to bring the contact block fixed to a table and the workpiece into contact to each other. The detector head measures the workpiece while a relative position of the detector head and the workpiece is fixed.
Claims5
A measurement station comprising:
- a robot arm configured to support one of a workpiece and a detector head;
- a support mechanism configured to support the other of the workpiece and the detector head;
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- a fixation portion configured to fix a relative position of the detector head and the workpiece.
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A measurement method comprising:
- using a robot arm configured to support one of a workpiece and a detector head and a support mechanism configured to support the other of the workpiece and the detector head;
- bringing the support mechanism or the detector head into contact with the workpiece or the robot arm;
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- measuring the workpiece using the detector head while a relative position of the detector head and the workpiece is fixed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.