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Hello,
My company is close to buying a CMM system. I'm comparing Zeiss/Calypso, B&S / PCDMIS, and Wenzel/OpenDMIS.
I'd like your opinion on the software. We mostly inspect a broad variety of prismatic machine housings. Most of them do not have a CAD model available, and we typically inspect between 1 and 3 at a time, so for us the software ease of use is valuable and so is ease of running the CMM without a formal program. How do these packages perform in our environment?
Also, we are interested in inspecting spiral bevel and helical gears if possible on this machine. We buy them based on engineering drawings so we don't have manufacturing setup data. I'd like opinions on how the gear packages (Quindos in the case of the B&S) are for a user who is going to set up each inspection by plugging in the gearing parameters from the drawing. Our user will not be doing this every day, so it's important that it's easy to learn and document our procedures.
Thanks,
David
My company is close to buying a CMM system. I'm comparing Zeiss/Calypso, B&S / PCDMIS, and Wenzel/OpenDMIS.
I'd like your opinion on the software. We mostly inspect a broad variety of prismatic machine housings. Most of them do not have a CAD model available, and we typically inspect between 1 and 3 at a time, so for us the software ease of use is valuable and so is ease of running the CMM without a formal program. How do these packages perform in our environment?
Also, we are interested in inspecting spiral bevel and helical gears if possible on this machine. We buy them based on engineering drawings so we don't have manufacturing setup data. I'd like opinions on how the gear packages (Quindos in the case of the B&S) are for a user who is going to set up each inspection by plugging in the gearing parameters from the drawing. Our user will not be doing this every day, so it's important that it's easy to learn and document our procedures.
Thanks,
David
. I do think that it is more felixable for someone writing information. I have heard many cmm operators say that they prefer using calypso on the Zeiss machine. To the person putting the part on the machine it seems from what I have heard that the Zeiss is more user friendly.