Hexagon Metrology today announced the immediate availability of new versions of the Tesastar-m and Tesastar-sm motorized probe heads for DEA and Brown & Sharpe coordinate measuring machines. These new variants of the popular motorized probe heads offer a 7.5 degree indexing increment for maximum compatibility with legacy products.
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The new Tesastar-m and Tesastar-sm versions deliver -180 to +180 degrees of revolution and 0 to 105 degrees of pitch for a total of 720 indexable positions. The Tesastar-sm has the added benefit of an “in the quill” mount, thus increasing the effective measuring range along the CMM’s Z axis. With equivalent positioning compatibility with other legacy products on the market, the new probes also offer a distinct advantage by offering indexing speeds up to twice as fast.
As with the original 5 degree increment Tesastar motorized probe heads, all are available in both M8 and Tesa Kinematic Joint (TKJ) versions. The M8 versions provide a mechanical interface suitable for connection to standard M8 touch trigger probes like the Tesastar-mp. The TKJ versions are for contact and non-contact scanning probes like the LSP-X1 and CMM-V video probes. Furthermore, the new probe heads are fully compatible with existing Tesastar-e and Tesastar-ae probe head controllers, Tesastar probe extensions and the Tesastar-r probe rack.
Tesa Established in 1941, Tesa SA manufactures and markets today more than 5,000 dimensional metrology products, ranging from high-precision hand-held tools to sophisticated measuring systems. CMM products and vision systems for non-contact measurement are now also included. Most of them are produced under the Swiss Made Label. A worldwide direct sales and distribution network is one of the major assets of the Swiss company whose primary markets are the automotive, aerospace, watch-making and metal processing. www.tesabs.ch
Hexagon Metrology Hexagon Metrology is part of the Hexagon AB Group and includes leading metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, CE Johansson, CimCore, CogniTens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h Inprocess Messtechnik, Optiv, PC-DMIS, Quindos, Romer, Sheffield, Standard Gage and Tesa. Hexagon Metrology brands represent an unrivaled global installed base of millions of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), portable measuring systems and handheld instruments, and tens of thousands of metrology software licenses. Hexagon Metrology empowers its customers to fully control manufacturing processes that rely on dimensional precision, ensuring that products manufactured precisely conform to the original product design. The company offering of machines, systems and software is complemented by a wide range of product support, aftermarket and value-added services. www.hexagonmetrology.com
