The API SWIVELCHECK™ instrument measures and calibrates machine-tool rotary axes, tilt tables and pendulum axes. SWIVELCHECK utilizes a servo-driven motor in conjunction with an electronic level and precision rotary encoder to measure multiple parameters in a single setup.
SWIVELCHECK can operate in automated or manual modes and includes API’s Intellicomp™ software for control, data acquisition and reporting, SWIVELCHECK can also be used in conjunction with the API XD laser interferometer to measure horizontal rotary table position. SWIVELCHECK can be mounted off-centre of the rotating axis to measure the swivel axis of trunnions without need for disassembly of critical machine tool components.
SWIVELCHECK is easy to set-up offers +/- 400 degree swing and allows tilting axes to be checked at the spindle nose offering true accuracy to be reported over systems that check at the motor and do not detect ‘lost motion’. The Intellicomp software provides a direct import of measured axis data to machine-tool CNC controllers allowing an update of system parameters for improved precision.
SWIVELCHECK provides an invaluable tool to validate machine tool rotary axis performance in general machine shops and users of sophisticated 5 axis machine-tools. As an alternative API services offers contract machine-tool calibration services throughout North America using SWIVELCHECK.
About API
For more than 30 years API has pioneered laser-based equipment for measurement and calibration. API founder and CEO, Dr. Kam Lau, invented the laser tracker while working at USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to allow industrial robot accuracies to be determined.
Today API is a global company with its laser trackers, machine tool and robot calibration equipment, optical sensors and coordinate measuring products continuing to be the benchmark for metrology Automation, Precision and Innovation. API measurement and calibration products are at the heart of manufacturing organizations world-wide ensuring product quality and performance.
API also provides on-site dimensional inspection, metrology and calibration services. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland USA, API has subsidiary operations in Germany, France, Brazil, China and India.
For more information, visit www.apimetrology.com.
Automated Precision, Inc.
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Rockville, MD 20850
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