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XK10 Hardware XK10 Software
Flatness Level
Introduction
Measurement modes
This guide includes:
Straightness
Measures vertical and horizontal straightness along an axis. Used for all machine builds to ensure accuracy
when mounting and aligning stages and guideways.
This is done by measuring the position of the launch beam when moving the M unit along the axis under test.
Squareness
Measures the orthogonality of two machine axes. This would typically be used to ensure that machine arms
and beds are at right angles, to align machine rails, or when squaring separate machine assemblies.
This consists of two straightness measurements done at 90 degrees to one another.
Flatness
Measures vertical deviation along a machine bed, rails, or other machine planes. A versatile mode that can
measure continuous or interrupted planes, for example to measure height differences between fixtures or
machine sub-assemblies.
This is done by measuring the position of the launch beam on the M unit at different points on a plane.
Continued overpage.
XK10 alignment laser system
XK10 Applications XK10 Applications Straightness
Parallelism Coaxiality
Squareness
Spindle direction
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