In light of retrofitting a controller for one; some of those have electric heaters installed along the arm, that keep each section slightly warm. Presumably this helps to mitigate errors caused by thermal expansion/contraction.
> On Aug 17, 2018, at 7:18 PM, Andy Pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 17 Aug 2018, at 15:00, Stuart Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I purchased a Faro Arm Gold many years ago for a particular project. The >> claimed resolution was either +- .004 or .006. Horrible. > > I think that depends on the application. It isn’t a CMM. I have used them to > return the locations of accelerometers on van body shells. +/- 1mm is ok > there. I wanted this one to locate mounting holes and such on old vehicles. > (Need to make a radiator that actually fits). Again 1/16” is fine for that. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
