ZEISS CONTURA With Mass Technology: Versatility In Focus
In its fifth generation, the ZEISS CONTURA is equipped with mass technology (multi-application sensor system) enables tactile and optical measurement on a single machine.
Digitalization and Industry 4.0 are changing manufacturing processes and quality assurance. Customers’ expectations call for both tactile and optical measurement on a coordinate measuring machine.
The multisensor platform translates to ZEISS CONTURA’s compatibility with a variety of sensors from the ZEISS portfolio: sensors on the continuous articulating unit, star styluses or long styluses, optical or tactile, scanning or with single point measurement. ZEISS’ mass technology offers the user maximum flexibility.
Simple Sensor Switch
ZEISS mass technology — where sensors operated on the continuous articulating unit are switched automatically. This applies to all optical sensors as well as the ZEISS VAST XXT and XDT tactile sensors.
During the switch, the continuous articulating unit aligns itself in a 90° position, with the sensor pointing downwards. The unit moves to a free place in the sensor magazine usually attached to the reverse end of the measuring stage, pushes the safety flap back, moves downwards into a groove and releases the magnetic locking mechanism in order to unlock the sensor.
The new sensor is picked back up magnetically: the continuous articulating unit moves backwards and opens the safety flap, moves downwards and retrieves the sensor. On the sensor holding plate sits three cylinder-shaped rollers which ensure the counterpart is precisely positioned.
Despite after frequent switches, the sensor reproducibly remains accurately positioned. The sensor bracket minimises measurement uncertainty; giving users the assurance of table accuracy. Its high repetition accuracy during the sensor switch, eliminates sensor recalibrating. With the automatic exchange happens within seconds, ZEISS mass technology offers an enormous productivity boost saving time and cost.
The continuous articulating unit and tactile probes from ZEISS VAST XT gold series, are attached to the ZEISS CONTURA via a dovetail mechanism. This is a groove which the counterpart on the sensor or on the continuous articulating unit is pushed into and whose shape and precise processing disallow deviations.
The technician loosens a screw and pulls the sensor or the continuous articulating unit out of the groove and replaces the new sensor; completing within seconds. However, a repeated calibration is crucial during a sensor switch and useful when using an active tactile sensor such as ZEISS VAST XT gold which offers high measuring accuracy, short measurement times and long stylus lengths.
All other sensors – passive, tactile and optical – are ideally operated on the continuous articulating unit – with all the advantages of the automatic sensor switch of ZEISS mass technology.
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