With DuraMax 3D coordinate measuring machine, Carl Zeiss brings scanning to the smallest workshop.
Carl Zeiss’s DuraMax is a compact, 3D CMM. This scanning measuring machine featuring the VAST XXT sensor is presented as the ideal replacement for all types of gauges. It can be used in any size workshop or inline process control. With DuraMax, Carl Zeiss is responding to customer demands for CNC scanning measuring technology with a small machine as close to production processes as possible.
Single-point vs. scanning
In metrology, there are two methods of acquiring measuring
points: single-point and scanning. Single point measurement
approaches a surface and then captures a point. Scanning,
on the other hand, is the continuous, uninterrupted probing
of contours during which the measured values are continually
recorded.
The difference between the two strategies is primarily the
quality of the measuring result. In all measuring tasks, singlepoint
measuring is much less accurate and less reproducible.
It provides insufficient information on the position of the part
feature and none on the form.
The experience with measuring equipment in production
operations demonstrates that only scanning is simple, fast
and precise. This is why scanning technology
is also the dominant technology with larger coordinate
measuring machines.
DuraMax is suited for process control on the production floor, for the quick in-between inspection of small workpieces and for testing volume parts in production. DuraMax replaces traditional measuring equipment such as height gauges, ring gauges, snap gauges, plug gauges, form measuring machines, workshop measuring equipment and manual measuring machines. It is designed to meet the needs of users of dimensional measuring technology in many aspects: its low total price offers customers affordable access to Zeiss scanning.
If modifications are made to the product to be tested, standard inspection procedures often require new, expensive gauges. DuraMax, however, is a CNC all-rounder that, when combined with CAD-based CALYPSO measuring software, quickly, easily and reproducibly measures all changes.
Scanning is a standard feature but it also offers single-point probing; and the machine is powerful when combined with CALYPSO software, the standard software for all Zeiss CMMs. DuraMax is designed to withstand rough environments and demonstrates its high stability over a broad temperature range. The MPE values range from 2.4 + L/300 µm at 18-22° C and 2.9 + L/200 µm at 18-30° C.
While measuring, the passive vibration damping offers protection against mechanical vibrations from production. Glass ceramic length measuring systems for the three axes and axes protected with bellows, precise linear guideways and rigid, limited drives ensure precise measuring even under poor environmental conditions. The measuring volume is 500mm cube, but installation dimensions are surprisingly small.
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