There is provided a method for controlling a small-sized adjustable measuring force measurement device capable of appropriately setting the origin.

A central control unit changes an operation mode to an origin setting mode in response to predetermined mode changing operation. The central control unit sets a counter value of an encoder to zero as an origin when a measuring force detecting means detects that a movable member is brought into contact with an object to be measured at a predetermined pressure in the origin setting mode.

A feeler device for geometrically controlling parts, capable of determining the position of a feeler member when it comes into contact with a part to be controlled. The feeler device includes a motorized contact rod movable in translation inside a housing and a microcontroller for controlling the movement of the rod. The contact rod is driven in translation by friction with an element linked to the rotary shaft of a motor, and the contact rod cooperates with a magnetic sensor in order to detect the position of same.

A tared caliper having a measuring bar with a fixed jaw, a moving frame with a measuring indicator and with a moving jaw, an accurate feed mechanism, a measurement effort device with a calibrated flexible member. The calibrated flexible member in form the non-fixed replaced cylindrical compression spring with effort from 0.5 . . . 3 N to 25 . . . 60 N. The non-fixed replaced cylindrical compression spring coaxial into the rod inside the body by the measurement effort device. The body is connected to a moving frame. The force indicator includes from the marking window on the body and from the force scale on the rod. The rod is connected to an accurate feed mechanism. The rod is pressed to the flexible member.

A complex surface three-coordinate measuring device includes a three-degree-of-freedom motion platform and a force control probe, the force control probe is fixedly mounted on the Z-axis sliding block, which is in the same direction as the X-axis direction and used to contact with the workpiece surface with constant force. A six-axis force sensor is used to collect the contact force between the stylus and the workpiece surface. In this method, the force control is realized in the measurement to make the stylus in constant force contact with the workpiece surface. The error compensation direction is determined according to the direction of the contact force, and then the effective radius of the stylus spherical head is compensated in this direction, thus the actual contact point of stylus and workpiece can be obtained.

A method and an arrangement for increasing the throughput in a workpiece measurement with a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is provided. The CMM measures a workpiece, and the measurement is described by at least one measurement parameter, a value of which is variable. The method includes setting an initial value of the at least one measurement parameter, the initial value being a predetermined value of the at least one measurement parameter valid for measuring the workpiece, measuring the workpiece with the initial value, determining a value of at least one predetermined test characteristic based on results of the measuring of the workpiece, determining whether the at least one predetermined test characteristic satisfies a predetermined iteration criterion; and changing the initial value of the at least one measurement parameter and repeating the prior steps upon determining that the at least one test characteristic satisfies the predetermined iteration criterion.

A robotic coordinate measurement machine (CMM) having a contact direction sensitive (CDS) probe is usable to detect internal dimensions for an object of interest. A robot arm may contact a surface with the CDS probe which may then detect a magnitude and direction of the resulting reaction force. The robotic CMM may monitor the magnitude and/or direction of the reaction force while the CDS probe is being slide across a surface to determine dimensions for the surface. Changes in the reaction force sensed by the CDS probe may be used to identify contact with other surfaces of contours in the surface the CDS probe is being slid across. A path of the CDS probe may be altered based on the contact with other surfaces or the contours.

The inventive concept relates to a skinfold caliper, wherein the skinfold caliper includes a first holder and a second holder respectively having tips approaching or moving away to or from a to-be-measured portion of a to-be-measured object, wherein the first holder and the second holder pivot relative to each other about a pivot axis, a scale unit provided in the first holder, wherein the scale unit has a plurality of angular scales formed along a rotation path of the second holder, a probe unit disposed in the second holder so as to electrically connect to the scale unit, wherein the probe unit senses a relative rotation angle of the second holder relative to the first holder, a pressure measuring sensor provided at the tip of one of the first holder and the second holder, wherein the pressure measuring sensor measures a pressure applied to the to-be-measured portion of the to-be-measured object, and a controller configured for, when the pressure measured by the pressure measuring sensor reaches a predetermined pressure, receiving rotation angle measurement data corresponding to an angular scale of the scale unit from the probe unit; and calculating the rotation angle measurement data into a linear distance between the tips of the first holder and the second holder.

A measuring apparatus of the present invention includes a stage on which a measured object is placed, a measurement head having an information obtainer obtaining an image of the object, and a vertical driver supporting the measurement head so as to allow movement in a vertical direction. The vertical driver includes a counterbalance mechanism having a hanger of the measurement head, a pulley winding up and withdrawing the hanger by rotation, a spring increasing elastic force by stretching the spring when the measurement head displaces downward, and a cam rotating in conjunction with the pulley and having a cam shape decreasing rotational torque provided to the pulley by the elastic force as a stretching amount of the spring increases.

A feeler device for geometrically controlling parts, capable of determining the position of a feeler member when it comes into contact with a part to be controlled. The feeler device includes a motorized contact rod movable in translation inside a housing and a microcontroller for controlling the movement of the rod. The contact rod is driven in translation by friction with an element linked to the rotary shaft of a motor, and the contact rod cooperates with a magnetic sensor in order to detect the position of same.

A measuring system (15) includes a measuring arm receiving unit (18) mounted on the housing (49) or on an axial pin (30) connected to the housing (49) for conjoint rotation so as to be rotatable or pivotable about the axis of rotation (D). A measuring arm (16) can be arranged on the measuring arm receiving unit (18). A motor unit (24) generates a motor torque about the axis of rotation (D) on the measuring arm receiving unit (18). The measuring arm unit (18) is mounted by a ball bearing guide unit (39) to be rotatable about the axis of rotation (D) in the peripheral direction and displaceably along the axis of rotation (D) in the axial direction A. An axial position of the measuring arm unit (18) in the axial direction is defined with the aid of a magnetic axial bearing device (46) and is maintained during operation.