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Three measuring machines, one technology transfer

Three identical measuring machines for one production line. We built the first, the customer built the second and third from documentation written for exactly that.

Sensors & Metrology

Three measuring machines, one technology transfer

Sensors & Metrology

01Starting point

The customer needed not one but three measuring machines for their production line, all for tooth flank characterisation. That sounds like a simple matter of quantity, but it was not: each machine reads via an interchangeable measuring tip, and someone had to be able to guarantee that machine 2 measures exactly the same as machine 3. And there was a second wish on top: the customer wanted to be able to maintain the machines themselves later on, instead of waiting for a service call every time something small came up.

02Approach

Instead of just diving in, we split the whole thing into three stages, each with its own sign-off: first a feasibility study on the measuring interface with a target of ±1 µm repeatable, then a concept, and only then the order for three complete systems. We built the first machine entirely ourselves, so we knew the assembly really worked in practice. The customer assembled machines 2 and 3 themselves, using material we had procured and documentation written exactly for this case.

03Result

In the end the customer has three machines they can maintain, repair and reassemble themselves, without ever having to call us. We procured over twenty supplier line items for all three systems together, so instead of a self-written shopping list they had a complete, coherent kit. And because each stage was signed off individually, every decision to move forward was backed by a real result rather than hope.

What is inside

Alongside the first complete machine, the full documentation package: drawings as PDF and as neutral 3D files, bill of materials, wiring diagram, maintenance plan. On top of that, the manuals for the purchased encoders and guides, and a step-by-step commissioning procedure with sampling rate, flash sequence, NVRAM area and reference mark for every axis, detailed enough that machine 3 ran by the same recipe as machine 1.

What happened next

Machine 1 shipped on schedule, together with the complete documentation. Machines 2 and 3 followed, assembled by the customer themselves, using exactly the same documents. During acceptance of the first machine, function, safety and documentation were checked; the assemblies built by the customer were then held to the same standard.

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