How To Calibrate a Probe Using a Sphere
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1 | Press the Sphere Calibration button. |
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2 | Check diameter and center location of sphere and if necessary, correct them.
For details, see How to Use Find Sphere (Probe Calibration) if you are not sure. Also, see the Instructions on How to Use the Find Sphere Artifact below. | |||
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| Position the probe over center of sphere and press Execute button. Start the monitor macro on the machine. Before calibrating, NC Gage takes four points around the equator and one point on top of the sphere to locate the sphere. Then NC Gage takes 161 points to complete the calibration process. | ||
4 | Review the calibration results on screen.
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| Press OK to accept probe calibration. | ||
Instructions on How to Use the Find Sphere Artifact
Instructions – Find Sphere Artifact | |||||
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1 | Press the Find Sphere Artifact button |
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| Position probe over sphere in the direction the stem is pointing and press the Read Position button |
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| Position probe over the sphere and press the Execute button Then start the monitor macro on the machine | |||
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| Review the measured data and press OK. | |||
Additional Notes
It is recommended that you calibrate the probe length before you perform a calibration on the sphere. This allow you to use the Find Sphere function to determine the location of the calibration sphere (including the Z location).
Calibration Ball Z Location