Smartphone App Enables Accurate Remote Machine-Tool Performance Checks
The use of mobile technology such as smartphones and tablets can assist in myriad working environments. Along those lines, Renishaw is launching the CARTO Ballbar Connect app for the company's QC20 ballbar testing solution.
The app will allow machine operators to complete machine performance checks with minimal training, opening up the use of the QC20 ballbar to a wider range of users to gain from the benefits of regular ballbar testing. Currently available for iOS and Fanuc controls, CARTO Ballbar Connect makes it possible to do a simple, rapid check of a CNC machine tool’s positioning performance.
The app leverages a macro-based program to maximize simplicity. It has the ability to customize a setting code to configure and run a ballbar test, while removing the need to edit and transfer machine part programs. It enables a user to easily set up and capture data from the QC20 ballbar in one test sequence. Machine results are provided as a single quantitative, visual indication of the machine’s volumetric positioning performance with the app's 3D Check test sequence.
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