In Thailand and the ASEAN region, the requirements for quality control and safety in manufacturing have been increasing and becoming more stringent in recent years. In particular, accurate measurement is essential in the manufacture of high-quality die and mold. However, the larger the workpiece, the more time and labor are required to change setups, which often affect the delivery date. Performing high-precision dimensional measurement in a short time is a shortcut to achieving balanced QCD. The solution to this problem is "on-machine measurement technology". In this article, we will introduce a on-machine measurement solution that combines the on-machine measurement option of CGS's "CAM-TOOL" with Renishaw's 3D probe "RMP600", which was released in July 2022.

Standardization of on-machine measurement work with easy operation

The on-machine measurement option has the following features and advantages. The first point is that . Regardless of the user, measurement points can be set with only a click of a mouse, even for mold shapes with many complex curved surfaces. CAM-TOOL can recognize the shape of workpieces and tooling, so it creates NC data safely and over the shortest distance while performing interference checks. If operators are manually creating measurement data on site, replacing this with systematic judgment will ensure safety and reduce work time. Paperless operation is realized by creating forms (inspection tables) from measurement information using EXCEL macros and linking to external systems by creating CSV data. Shape data and measurement results are displayed together to express judgment in colors. Good and bad points can be grasped at a glance, and one-stop creation of additional machining data is possible.