Automated measurements over the lifetime of the machine
Employing measuring systems in the working area of a CNC machining centre is still an unfamiliar idea for some quality experts today. With its probes in use at the German company Scherzinger Pumpen, Blum-Novotest has demonstrated that automated measurement not only works effectively in this harsh environment and in two-shift operation, but does so reliably and accurately over many years.
"Our core competencies in manufacturing are in milling, turning and grinding, as well as in logistics and assembly. We machine metal as well as plastic and, in doing so, achieve a high level of quality and reliably tight manufacturing tolerances,” reports Mario Maier, head of process planning at Scherzinger Pumps. “BLUM touch probes and laser light barriers, which we use in many machining centres, help us to accomplish that. The probes have an astonishingly long service life.” For example, a BLUM probe that ran in two-shift operation in one of the Heller machining centres was in use from 1998 to 2021. It was only replaced because BLUM had long since discontinued the series and the Furtwangen-based company wanted to remain flexible in case of an emergency. Even the oldest of the new TC50 probes have been in continuous operation for over 18 years – with virtually no failures.
Employing measuring systems in the working area of a CNC machining centre is still an unfamiliar idea for some quality experts today. With its probes in use at the German company Scherzinger Pumpen, Blum-Novotest has demonstrated that automated measurement not only works effectively in this harsh environment and in two-shift operation, but does so reliably and accurately over many years.
"Our core competencies in manufacturing are in milling, turning and grinding, as well as in logistics and assembly. We machine metal as well as plastic and, in doing so, achieve a high level of quality and reliably tight manufacturing tolerances,” reports Mario Maier, head of process planning at Scherzinger Pumps. “BLUM touch probes and laser light barriers, which we use in many machining centres, help us to accomplish that. The probes have an astonishingly long service life.” For example, a BLUM probe that ran in two-shift operation in one of the Heller machining centres was in use from 1998 to 2021. It was only replaced because BLUM had long since discontinued the series and the Furtwangen-based company wanted to remain flexible in case of an emergency. Even the oldest of the new TC50 probes have been in continuous operation for over 18 years – with virtually no failures.