In many branches of industry, most of manufacturing efforts are directed toward producing objects of specific forms and dimensions. Dimensional measurement is an important part of the production cycle, to check products compliance with specifications. For this, many substantial improvements in the existing technologies have been made, and new measuring systems have been introduced. This paper briefly introduces a recent measuring system—mobile spatial coordinate measuring system (MScMS)—which is suitable for performing dimensional measurements of large-size objects (dimension on the order of tens of meters). MScMS, thanks to its distributed wireless sensor network nature, is portable and can be easily arranged around the measured object. Furthermore, it does not require complex setup operations before being ready to perform measurements. After describing how the system works, we will compare it with well-tested and widespread instruments such as traditional coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), showing analogies and differences. The comparison is structured on the basis of different criteria, which are analyzed in detail in the first part of the paper. Although being able to perform similar measurements, CMMs and MScMS are different in technological features. CMMs are able to achieve higher level of accuracy, while MScMS is more flexible, cheap, and can be important to simplify the current measuring practices within large-scale industrial metrology. It can be concluded that these systems can easily coexist, as each system is suitable for specific applications. Keywords Mobile measuring system . Dimensional metrology . Large-scale metrology.Wireless sensor network . Coordinate measuring machine (CMM)

Mobile Spatial coordinate Measuring System (MScMS) and CMMs: a structured comparison / Franceschini, Fiorenzo; Maisano, DOMENICO AUGUSTO FRANCESCO; Mastrogiacomo, Luca. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0268-3768. - 42:(2009), pp. 1089-1102. [10.1007/s00170-008-1677-0]

Mobile Spatial coordinate Measuring System (MScMS) and CMMs: a structured comparison

FRANCESCHINI, FIORENZO;MAISANO, DOMENICO AUGUSTO FRANCESCO;MASTROGIACOMO, LUCA
2009

Abstract

In many branches of industry, most of manufacturing efforts are directed toward producing objects of specific forms and dimensions. Dimensional measurement is an important part of the production cycle, to check products compliance with specifications. For this, many substantial improvements in the existing technologies have been made, and new measuring systems have been introduced. This paper briefly introduces a recent measuring system—mobile spatial coordinate measuring system (MScMS)—which is suitable for performing dimensional measurements of large-size objects (dimension on the order of tens of meters). MScMS, thanks to its distributed wireless sensor network nature, is portable and can be easily arranged around the measured object. Furthermore, it does not require complex setup operations before being ready to perform measurements. After describing how the system works, we will compare it with well-tested and widespread instruments such as traditional coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), showing analogies and differences. The comparison is structured on the basis of different criteria, which are analyzed in detail in the first part of the paper. Although being able to perform similar measurements, CMMs and MScMS are different in technological features. CMMs are able to achieve higher level of accuracy, while MScMS is more flexible, cheap, and can be important to simplify the current measuring practices within large-scale industrial metrology. It can be concluded that these systems can easily coexist, as each system is suitable for specific applications. Keywords Mobile measuring system . Dimensional metrology . Large-scale metrology.Wireless sensor network . Coordinate measuring machine (CMM)
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