Patent · US Expired

Method for determining the weight of a probe of a coordinate measuring machine

US6622114B1 · kind B1 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Stiftung · DE

Inventors

Franz Szenger · Königsbronn, DE
Gunter Grupp · Böhmenkirch, DE
Ralf Bernhardt · Aalen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 23, 2000
Grant date	Sep 16, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 23, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B7/012
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method for determining the weight of a probe of a coordinate measuring machine wherein the probe is connected to a probe head (1) of the machine. The machine includes a control unit and the weight of the probe (3) is preferably statically determined without active control of the movement of the probe. Signals from the probe (3) and/or the probe head (1) are supplied to the control unit (51).

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