Shape measuring apparatus
AssigneeMitutoyo Corporation
InventorsShota Sakakibara, Hiroshi Kamitani, Koichi Meguro
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Abstract
There is provided a shape measuring apparatus capable of automatically measuring a shape of a complex-shaped object to be measured quickly and accurately. A translation movement mechanism and a rotary drive mechanism relatively move a probe and a workpiece in such a manner that the probe performs a scanning measurement on the workpiece along a preset scanning path. At this time, the rotary drive mechanism is driven and controlled in such a manner that an angle formed between the probe and a surface of the workpiece is a desired angle in synchronization with the translation movement mechanism relatively moving the probe and the workpiece.
Claims16
A shape measuring apparatus comprising:
- a translation movement mechanism;
- and
- a rotary drive mechanism, wherein
- the translation movement mechanism and the rotary drive mechanism are configured to relatively move a probe and a workpiece in such a manner that the probe performs a scanning measurement on the workpiece along a preset scanning path, and
- the rotary drive mechanism is driven and controlled in such a manner that an angle formed between the probe and a surface of the workpiece is a desired angle in synchronization with the translation movement mechanism relatively moving the probe and the workpiece.
A control method of a shape measuring apparatus including a translation movement mechanism and a rotary drive mechanism, the translation movement mechanism and the rotary drive mechanism being configured to relatively move a probe and a workpiece in such a manner that the probe performs a scanning measurement on the workpiece along a preset scanning path, the control method comprising:
- driving and controlling the rotary drive mechanism in such a manner that an angle formed between the probe and a surface of the workpiece is a desired angle in synchronization with the translation movement mechanism relatively moving the probe and the workpiece.
A non-volatile recording medium recording a measurement control program causing a computer, the computer is incorporated in a shape measuring apparatus including a translation movement mechanism and a rotary drive mechanism, the translation movement mechanism and the rotary drive mechanism being configured to relatively move a probe and a workpiece in such a manner that the probe performs a scanning measurement on the workpiece along a preset scanning path, to function as:
- a control unit configured to drive and control the rotary drive mechanism in such a manner that an angle formed between the probe and a surface of the workpiece is a desired angle in synchronization with the translation movement mechanism relatively moving the probe and the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.