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Calibrating your lathe has just got even easier!
Meax has fine-tuned the usability and measurement technology of MT20 even further. The measurements are performed with four sensors wirelessly connected to the Meax display unit, which displays the result directly on screen.
“We wanted to develop a smart product that would allow machine and service technicians to carry out their measurements faster than ever before,” says Peter Sandström from Meax.
The key to the flexible measurements is the fact that the four sensors are connected wirelessly to the display unit throughout the measurement process. This means that the software guides the user through the four measurements without any of the sensors needing to be resynchronised during the operation.
The four measurements that give the user complete control over the machine consist of straightness and pitch of the machine bed, spindle direction, measurement and adjustment of the tool holder, and squareness.
“The interface has been developed to be as logical and functional as possible. This means that you get easy-to-understand graphical guidance through all the measurements,” says Peter Sandström.
The measurement results are displayed as both graphics and text, and can easily be exported via USB. For measurement of the tool holder, MT20 also offers a unique live-adjustment function that enables service technicians to adjust the tool holder immediately.
Just like its predecessor MT10, MT20 has a high degree of precision; the measuring tool displays values to a precision of 0.001 mm.
The complete package consists of four sensors and a display unit and comes in a small, robust case with space for all the accessories.
“The sensors have been developed with dirty machine environments in mind, and are both dust- and water-resistant. They communicate wirelessly with the display unit and are equipped with batteries that allow up to 12 hours' use,” says Peter Sandström.
About Meax
The Meax brand is the latest addition to the ACOEM Group, which develops innovations within technology and maintenance.
The company has three decades of experience of machine measurements under its belt. Meax has previously launched the revolutionary measurement tools Meax Level, Meax Coaxiality and MEAX MT10.
For product-related questions please contact:
Peter Sandström +46 706-326488
peter.sandström@acoem.se
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As ever-increasing demands are being placed on machine tools, we have arrived at the conclusion that an optimally functional machine forms the basis for better business. Modern machine tools must maintain a high level of flexibility, a high degree of utilization and a minimum downtime which calls for the correct geometry in all the machine's movements.
So we created MEAX and started to sketch solutions for machine tool measurements that, in our opinion, are so self-evident that they should have been developed a long time ago.
By performing fast measurements, possessing a logical user interface, smart applications and fewer complicated functions, we can now build a future for machine tool measurement.
