Metrology System uses TeleStar optics for improved accuracy.
Press Release Summary:
Quest 250 automatic, benchtop dimensional measurement system features closed-loop, servo stage control. TeleStar(TM) telecentric lens has collimated profile illuminiaton that matches aperture of optics over entire zoom range. Multi-sensor measurement provides more information about edges and surfaces than any single sensor system can. SmartScope seamlessly integrates data from video, touch probe, and laser sensors to completely characterize parts.
Original Press Release:
OGP Introduces Compact, Multi-Sensor Metrology System with TeleStar Optics for Improved Measurement Accuracy
ROCHESTER, NY, June, 2003 - The SmartScope® Quest 250 from Optical Gaging Products, Inc. (OGP®) is a fully automatic, benchtop, multi-sensor dimensional measurement system with unique TeleStar optics that improve measurement accuracy.
SmartScope Quest 250 is a high accuracy video measurement system with the latest optics, imaging, electronics, and software technologies. With programmed,closed loop servo stage control, it excels at measuring edges virtually anywhere on a part. Image quality is crucial for accurate video measurement, and Quest's patented TeleStar(TM) zoom optics offer superior performance. According to Tom Groff, OGP Corporate Product Manager, "Our patented TeleStar zoom lens is designed and built specifically for precision video metrology. It provides a phenomenally clear high contrast image with virtually zero distortion." Groff emphasized,"The lens is telecentric and has collimated profile (episcopic) illumination that matches the aperture of the optics over its entire zoom range. With this dedicated metrology design,
SmartScope Quest 250 excels at measurement of parts that are troublesome to other optical systems."
Designed as a multi-sensor system, SmartScope Quest 250 seamlessly integrates data from video, touch probe, and laser sensors to completely characterize a part. Since touch probes
and lasers excel at measuring surfaces, multi-sensor measurement provides more information about edges and surfaces than any single sensor system can. A wide variety of standard probe heads and styli provide access to discrete points on a part. Scanning probes provide surface contouring. Feather Probe(TM) adds micro-probing capability with milligram-level probing pressure. Interchangeable laser sensors add another surface measurement capability to SmartScope Quest. "While video and single point touch probe are ideal for dimensional measurements on a macro scale, the laser allows for surface profiling and scanning at a micro level," says Groff. All sensors are calibrated to a common reference frame, and can be used interchangeably within the same measurement program. "The combination of multiple sensor technologies with our industry standard MeasureMind® 3D MultiSensor metrology software creates a highly versatile system that measures more part attributes than any of the sensors can independently. As a result, SmartScope Quest 250 significantly improves measurement accuracy and productivity." Parts that previously needed to be measured in separate set-ups on different machines can now be measured completely on SmartScope Quest.
SmartScope Quest's patented optics make it ideal for measuring small parts with critical dimensions such as stents and syringe components. Parts of any material, texture, and color can be measured automatically with SmartScope Quest 250.
Software options for SmartScope Quest offering contour analysis and fitting, CAD import, and customized report generation and data export, dovetail smoothly into the company's MeasureMind3D MultiSensor metrology software.
SmartScope Quest 250 can be seen at MD&M East in Optical Gaging Products' booth # 2545.
Optical Gaging Products is a leading manufacturer of video and multi-sensor metrology systems, laser surface scanners, and optical comparators. Since its establishment in 1945, OGP has delivered thousands of measurement systems to quality-conscious manufacturing companies worldwide. OGP has facilities in Rochester, NY; Denver, CO; Ann Arbor, MI; Shanghai, China; Singapore; and Germany. Optical Gaging Products is one of the Quality Vision International companies. More information about the company is available at phone: (585) 544-0400, fax: (585) 544-0131, e-mail: sales@ogpnet.com and web site: www.ogpnet.com.
