Called FREEDOM ULTIMATE and FREEDOM ULTIMATE SCAN, the new arms are available with measurement volumes from 2.5 to 4.5 metres, according to model. Each complements the comparable size of existing FREEDOM CLASSIC and higher accuracy FREEDOM SELECT products with six axes designed for touch probing, as well as the 7-axis SCAN equivalents for multi-sensor metrology including laser scanning.
The ultra-accuracy arms, which are shipped with a calibration sphere and verification bar with ISO 17025 certification, offer increased precision in applications spanning quality control and on-machine verification to reverse engineering, virtual assembly design and 3D modelling. Measuring accuracy is enhanced by up to 8% in comparison with the next most precise products in the range, SELECT, while compared with the entry-level CLASSIC arms the improvement is up to 43%.
LK Metrology Introduces Ultra-Accuracy Portable Measuring Arms
UK-based LK Metrology, which has been manufacturing static co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) since 1963, has expanded its FREEDOM arm range of 3D articulating arm metrology systems, or portable measuring arms, with the launch of five ultra-accuracy models in both 6-axis and 7-axis variants. The 10 new arms bring the total number of different varieties available from LK to 34. International sales and support is through the company s offices in the UK, North America, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and China as well as via a worldwide distributor network.
An ultra-accuracy 7-axis FREEDOM ULTIMATE SCAN portable measuring arm from LK Metrology