New Direct Scanning Strategy Improves Accuracy And Repeatability
Since the launch of the Leica Absolute Tracker ATS600, the system’s ground-breaking direct scanning capability has opened a wide range of new metrology-grade inspection applications. Measurements previously unattainable are a thing of the past, enabling greater quality control over large-scale products than ever before possible.
Hexagon’s laser tracker team were contacted during 2022 by a major aerospace customer interested in changing their current measurement process (which involved a tracker and reflector measurement process) to direct scanning with the ATS600. Their current process involved an operator being given a list of surface points on the part, and then bringing a reflector to each of these locations to take a measurement.
Points were only recorded once the reflector reached the coordinate. Due to the size of the part, a scaffold and safety equipment is required, which needed to be repositioned multiple times due to the typical size of the parts being measured. This was an extremely time-consuming process, which was the key motivator for investigating the switch to direct scanning.
The company was concerned if the performance of the ATS600’s direct scanning would reach their tolerance requirements – Hexagon have been open about the convenience of direct scanning coming at the cost of reduced accuracy when compared to reflector inspection. A round of testing was planned with the business’ local Hexagon team and a demonstration unit, with the goal of showing whether or not the reflectorless measurement results would be good enough to meet their tight aerospace tolerances.
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