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We're an aerospace shop looking to speed measurements (compared to a tenths indicator and 12" digi-check), and considering purchasing an electronic height gage. The Brown and Sharpe rep gave us a demo on the Tesa Micro-hite 600, and it seems like it would be usefull enough that every area in our shop will want one!
The accuracy tolerance, according to the B&S catalog is 1.6 tenths (or 4 microns). I've looked through the Starrett catalog, but ruled it out, as the accuracy is 3 tenths (too much). Mitutoyo has the 600D, with .7 tenths for $6500 on sale in some flyer this month, and Fowler has the Vectra and Mestra 600's, which have 1.6 and 1.1 tenths permissible errors respectively. I like that they all have USB, which the Tesa does not. Other than that, seems like they have similar capabilities.
Any of you guys have a preference? I know the Micro-hite seems to be more common, but we don't have a legacy tied to it. How is the reliability for these tools? Seems robust enough with the (I'm guessing) glass scales internally.
Any common wear points?
How about using them efficiently for measurement routines, and entering data into a spreadsheet for process tracking?
Any difficulties using disc/finger probes to measure internal groove dia and widths?
We've got a manual CMM with QC5000 software that gets used, but I'm hoping this would be even faster, especially for the shop (not QC) guys.
Sorry for all the questions, but I figured I'd get unbiased feedback here compared to the sales rep!
Thanks!
The accuracy tolerance, according to the B&S catalog is 1.6 tenths (or 4 microns). I've looked through the Starrett catalog, but ruled it out, as the accuracy is 3 tenths (too much). Mitutoyo has the 600D, with .7 tenths for $6500 on sale in some flyer this month, and Fowler has the Vectra and Mestra 600's, which have 1.6 and 1.1 tenths permissible errors respectively. I like that they all have USB, which the Tesa does not. Other than that, seems like they have similar capabilities.
Any of you guys have a preference? I know the Micro-hite seems to be more common, but we don't have a legacy tied to it. How is the reliability for these tools? Seems robust enough with the (I'm guessing) glass scales internally.
Any common wear points?
How about using them efficiently for measurement routines, and entering data into a spreadsheet for process tracking?
Any difficulties using disc/finger probes to measure internal groove dia and widths?
We've got a manual CMM with QC5000 software that gets used, but I'm hoping this would be even faster, especially for the shop (not QC) guys.
Sorry for all the questions, but I figured I'd get unbiased feedback here compared to the sales rep!
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