New TesaStar-sm Series adds greater utility toBrown & Sharpe Global CMM Line
Hexagon Metrology, Inc, announces the immediate availablility of the TESAStar-sm 80 and TESAStar-sm 65 motorized CMM probe heads for Brown & Sharpe Global Coordinate MeasuringMachines. These two new entries expand on the highly successful TESAStar-Mformula to deliver motorized CMM probe head with 2,952 different positions via5 degree increments. The probes deliver -180 to +180 degrees of revolution, and+90 to -116 degrees of pitch, with high speed indexing. The sm-80 and sm-65 addthe benefits of in-quill mounting, which allows part of the probe’s mechanismto slide within the quill, increasing the effective Z-axis measuringrange.
The TESAStar-sm 65 is designed to overcome one of the greatestdisadvantages of motorized probe heads on smaller bridge cmms: the loss ofmeasuring volume due to the size of the head. The TESAStar-SM 65 is a quillmounted option for CMMs with smaller cross-section (65mm) quills, and delivers16.2 mm more Z axis volume than the shank-mounted version. This is a small CMMmotorized head option that was previously unavailable from any manufacturer.
On the Brown & Sharpe Global 555/575, the TESASTAR-sm65 offers an extended Z-axis measuring range of 52.9 mm more than other probehead alternatives due to its compact design and unique assymetrical A-axis.This is an increase of 10% in the Z-axis measuring range. When comparing aTESASTAR-sm 65 equipped Global CMM with a 500mm Z size to other manufacturer’smachine offerings with 400mm Z, the difference in available measuring height iseven more significant—30% greater than a 400mm size machine.
The TESASTAR-sm 80 for larger bridge machines is16.4 mm shorter than the TESASTAR-m. This also represents an increase in measuring volume over theshank-mounted option. The probe isdesigned for use on larger CMMs with an 80 mm Z-axis quill cross section. Due to its compact design and uniqueassymetrical A-axis, the TESASTAR-sm 80 delivers a Z-axismeasuring range that is 7.6 mm greater than comparable quill mountedheads.
There are also two probe connection options available on each version, totaling4 options for the new TESASTAR-sm series: 1) a standard M8 threaded mount fortouch probes such as the TESASTAR-mp, 2) a TKJ multiwire connection for analogscanning probes such as the LSP-X1, 3) advanced probe heads such as theScanShark laser line probe, and 4) the CMM-V video probe are all available on the Brown & Sharpe Global.
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