Measuring Machine Quill Interface
AssigneeHexagon Metrology, Inc.
InventorArmin Konrad
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Abstract
The invention relates to a coordinate measuring machine with a sensor arranged on a quill or on a measuring system change interface and with a bearing device and with a holding device for the sensor arranged on the quill or on the measuring system change interface, and with at least one supply connection which is arranged between the quill or the measuring system change interface and the sensor, wherein the at least one supply connection has a plug and a coupling, with the plug and/or the coupling being arranged to be movable on the quill or on the measuring system change interface and/or on the sensor. The invention also relates to a method for arranging a sensor on a quill or a measuring system change interface.
Claims18
A coordinate measuring machine with a sensor arranged on one of a quill, on a measuring system change interface, or with an adapter for a sensor and with a bearing device which has at least one bearing arranged on one of the quill or on the measuring system change interface, and at least one counter bearing arranged on one of the sensor or the adapter, and with a holding device for one of the sensor or the adapter arranged on one of the quill or on the measuring system change interface, and with at least one supply connection arranged between one of the quill or the measuring system change interface and the sensor or the adapter, wherein the at least one supply connection has a plug and a coupling, wherein one or more of-the plug or the coupling is arranged so as to be movable on the quill or on the measuring system change interface and/or on the sensor or the adapter.
A method for arranging one of a sensor or an adapter on one of a quill or a reproducible measuring system change interface of a coordinate measuring machine, wherein one of the sensor or the adapter is arranged with counter bearings on bearings of one of the quill or the measuring system change interface and at least one holding force is generated for one of the sensor or the adapter, wherein a contact is established between a plug and a coupling of at least one supply connection, wherein after the arrangement of the counter bearings of one of the sensor or the adapter in the bearings of one of the quill or the measuring system change interface, one or more of the plug and/or the coupling of the at least one supply connection is moved.
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