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Coordinate-measuring machine

US5134782A · kind A · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim/Brenz · DE

Inventors

Karl-Hermann Breyer · Heidenheim, DE
Werner Leitenberger · Schlier, DE
Rainer Ohnheiser · Heubach, DE
Klaus Herzog · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 1991
Grant date	Aug 4, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A coordinate-measuring machine has a vertical column which is linearly guided in one horizontal direction (x) and on which a measurement arm is guided for vertical displaceability. The linear movement (x) is produced by a carriage in which the column is mounted for rotational displacement about a vertical axis. A workpiece to be measured is mounted to a turntable. The construction provides a coordinate measuring machine having four axes, two linear and two rotational, and the machine is structurally compact in terms of the measurement volume which is achievable.

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