UNIQUE Industrial Technologies

Icoordinate Measuring Method
ObjectivesWhat Is the CMM?
Parts of the CMM
Types of CMMs
The Coordinate System
Positive and Negative Directions
What Is a Datum?
Machine and Part Coordinates
Alignment
Measured and Constructed Features
The Probe
Contact Probes
Non-Contact Probes
CMM Software
Advantages of the CMMSummary
Define the CMM.
Identify the main components of the CMM.
Identify the common types of CMMs.
Describe the Cartesian coordinate system.
Distinguish between positive and negative directions on the CMM.
Define a datum.
Distinguish between the machine coordinate system and the part coordinate system.
Describe the purpose of alignment.
Distinguish between measured and constructed features.
Describe the probe.
Describe how a contact probe inspects a part.
Describe how a non-contact probe inspects a part.
Describe the purpose of software for the CMM.
Identify the advantages of a CMM.
