TRITOP
Portable Optical Coordinate Measuring Machine
As with tactile coordinate measuring machines, TRITOP records the coordinates and their orientation in space for any feature of interest:
- Surface points and sections
- Primitives
- Holes, punch holes, and edges
- Diameters, lengths, angles ...
After the 3D coordinates have been determined, the measurement mathematically is transformed into the coordinate system of the component:
- RPS
- Gauge alignment
- Best-fit
The measured and aligned data is used for various tasks:
- CAD comparison
- Verification of shape and position tolerances
- Verification of specifications from drawings, files, or tables
- Initial measurements
When comparing the measuring data with CAD data (IGES, VDA, STEP, Catia, ProE, UG), the corresponding measuring reports are created in the familiar formats:
- False-color representation
- Deviation of individual points as labels
- Sections, angles, and distances
- Diameters and flatness
- Tables and lists
Fields of Application
- Inspection of sheet metal parts and car bodies, e.g. in pilot production, process optimizing, tool try-outs, the start of series production, or during random samples
- Quality control of large objects, e.g. aircraft, ships, wind turbines, etc.
- Verification of plastic parts, e.g. for first article inspection
- Verification and recording of jigs and fixtures
- Measuring of models and prototypes, e.g. vehicle interior and exterior design
- Verification of tubes and wires with respect to their three-dimensional shape
- Measuring trimming edges of two-dimensional sheet metal blanks
- Deformation analysis of the car and climatic chamber tests
- Measuring of reference point fields
TRITOP provides for any number of measuring points information about:
- 3D Coordinates
- 3D Displacements
- Deformation
- Bending, Torsion, Deflection
- Rotation Angles
- 6 Degrees of Freedom
- Relative displacement (Point – Point, Point – Line, Point – Plane)
Fields of Application
- Climate Chambers
- Environmental Simulation
- Misuse Tests
- Stiffness Testing
- Gap Size Change
- Flush
- Verification and optimization of simulations
- Component deformation and testing
- Relative motion
- Global Strain
- Load tests and aging tests (force & temperature)
Application Note:
Thermal expansion measurement of large scale systems
