Abstract: A mobile unit (5) is described for measuring running paths for handling systems, in particular bridge cranes, sliding on a route (2), comprising at least one first measuring device (62) which constitutes a space reference of the mobile unit (5) with respect to at least one fixed measuring unit (3) comprising second measuring device (61), the first measuring device (62) being connected to the mobile unit (5) by interposing at least one handling device adapted to synchronize measuring operations between the first measuring device (62) and the second measuring device (61) of the fixed measuring unit (3). A system for measuring (1) running paths for handling systems through such mobile unit (5) and a process for measuring through such system (1) are further described.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a reference positioning system for positioning a workpiece in a three-dimensional coordinate system, the reference positioning system comprising a first positioning unit for positioning a first alignment feature of the workpiece in a first dimension, in a second dimension and in a third dimension, comprising a first centring pin and a first reference level locator, a second positioning unit for positioning a second alignment feature of the workpiece in the second dimension and in the third dimension, comprising a second centring pin and a second reference level locator, and a third positioning unit for positioning a third alignment feature of the workpiece in the third dimension, comprising a third reference level locator.

Abstract: A method for compensating measurement errors caused by the deformation of a component defining a slide axis in a measurement machine, comprising the steps of calculating the curvature of the component as a function of the difference between the current temperature Tc and a reference temperature Tr at which the geometric compensation map of the machine has been obtained, calculating correction values for the compensation parameters stored in the compensation map as a function of the curvature, and updating the compensation map with these correction values.

Abstract: A measuring machine comprising at least one member mobile along an axis, a motor, a transmission system driven by the motor for displacing the mobile member along the axis, and a control system for controlling the motor, wherein a flexible coupling is set between said transmission system, and the mobile member is configured so as to filter the vibrations transmitted by the transmission system to the mobile member in the direction of the axis and to decouple the mobile member from the transmission system in a direction transverse to the axis.

Abstract: A method of calibration of a mathematical model for the compensation of errors due to dynamic deformation of a measuring machine equipped with a mobile unit able to move a stylus probe in un measuring volume, wherein the model provides, in response to at least one input quantity correlated with a control signal of said drive means, a plurality of output quantities comprising at least one component of the measurement error introduced by the deformation and at least one quantity detected by a laser sensor and correlated with the deformation. In the calibration step, the mobile unit is subjected to a movement cycle constituted by small-amplitude oscillations of variable frequency, following the law of sinusoidal motion, keeping the tip of the probe blocked; during the movement cycle, the input and output quantities are sampled and supplied to an algorithm for model identification.

Abstract: A process for producing a beam element of a co-ordinate measuring machine, comprising the steps of applying a machinable metal coating by spraying on a structural substrate made of ceramic material, impregnating the coating with a resin, and executing on the coating a surface-finishing machining operation and a treatment of surface hardening.

Abstract: A method of compensating the measurement errors of a measuring machine (1) deriving from the deformations of a machine bed (2) of the machine (1) caused by a load exerted by a workpiece to be measured on the machine bed (2), characterized by a first acquisition step (15) in which data regarding the weight of the workpiece and the conditions of constraint of the workpiece on the machine bed are acquired by a measurement and control unit (12) of the measuring machine (1) and a second calculation step (16, 17, 18, 19) in which correction values depending upon said data are calculated by said measurement and control unit (12), wherein the first step (15) includes selecting a standard load condition representing the load of the workpiece from among a plurality of standard load conditions; and the second step includes the step of calculating values correlated to the deformation of the machine bed (2) under the load of the workpiece represented by the selected standard load condition as a linear combination of corre

Abstract: A measuring machine comprising at least one member mobile along an axis, a motor, a transmission system driven by the motor for displacing the mobile member along the axis, and a control system for controlling the motor, wherein a flexible coupling is set between said transmission system, and the mobile member is configured so as to filter the vibrations transmitted by the transmission system to the mobile member in the direction of the axis and to decouple the mobile member from the transmission system in a direction transverse to the axis.

Abstract: A measuring machine includes a mobile unit to move a measurement sensor in a measurement volume. The mobile unit includes at least one member mobile along an axis under the thrust of driving means and being subjected to dynamic deformations. A laser sensor is provided with a laser emitter fixed to a first portion of the mobile member and a target fixed to a second portion of the mobile member and designed to receive a laser beam generated by the emitter. Means are provided for compensating for measurement errors of the machine resulting from the dynamic deformations of the mobile unit and in response to displacement of a point of incidence of the laser beam on the target with respect to a reference position in undeformed conditions, the displacement of the point resulting from the relative displacement of the first and second portions of the mobile member.

Abstract: A method of compensating the measurement errors of a measuring machine deriving from the deformations of a machine bed of the machine caused by the load exerted by a mobile unit of the machine on said machine bed, said method being characterized by comprising a first acquisition step in which first data regarding the constraint conditions of a workpiece on the machine bed are acquired, a second acquisition step in which second data regarding the deformation of the machine bed as the position of the mobile unit of the machine varies are acquired, and a third calculation step in which correction values depending upon said first and second data are calculated.

Abstract: A co-ordinate measuring machine comprising a block of concrete with function of foundation or machine bed, and a plurality of linear deformation sensors embedded in the block or applied thereto and configured for detecting the deformations of the block itself for compensating the measuring errors of the machine resulting from said deformations.

Abstract: A co-ordinate measuring machine (1) comprising a machine bed (2) provided with guides along a first axis, and a mobile unit (4) comprising at least one main carriage (5) mobile along the guides (16a, 16b, 16c); the machine bed (2) comprises a closed perimetral metal frame (15) provided with guides (16a, 16b, 16c) and a worktable (17) housed within the frame (15); the worktable (17) and the frame (15) are constrained to one another by constraint means (35) that uncouple the deformations thereof.

Abstract: A co-ordinate measuring machine comprising a bed provided with a horizontal measuring surface, a unit that is mobile along guides carried by the bed itself, an annular structure extending along a perimetral area of the bed and constrained thereto by statically determinate means of constraint, and a plurality of displacement sensors set between the annular structure and one between the bed and the mobile unit for detecting relative displacements with respect to an initial reference condition.

Abstract: A measuring machine comprising a member mobile along an axis, an optical scale extending parallel to the axis, a first reading head, which is carried by the mobile member and co-operates with the optical scale, an additional sensor carried by the mobile member, and a processing unit co-operating with the first reading head and with the additional sensor for detecting data correlated with the state of thermal expansion of the optical scale.

Abstract: A bed for a measuring machine constituted by a frame provided with a pair of mutually parallel beams bearing guides for the mobile unit of the machine, and a workpiece table housed between the beams; the workpiece table and the frame are constrained to one another by constraint means that decouple the deformations thereof, and the frame comprises at least one cross-member connected to respective intermediate portions of the beams.

Abstract: A co-ordinate measuring machine comprising a block of concrete with function of foundation or machine bed, and a plurality of linear deformation sensors embedded in the block or applied thereto and configured for detecting the deformations of the block itself for compensating the measuring errors of the machine resulting from said deformations.

Abstract: A process for producing a beam element of a co-ordinate measuring machine, comprising the steps of applying a machinable metal coating by spraying on a structural substrate made of ceramic material, impregnating the coating with a resin, and executing on the coating a surface-finishing machining operation and a treatment of surface hardening.

Abstract: A method of calibration of a mathematical model for the compensation of errors due to dynamic deformation of a measuring machine equipped with a mobile unit able to move a stylus probe in un measuring volume, wherein the model provides, in response to at least one input quantity correlated with a control signal of said drive means, a plurality of output quantities comprising at least one component of the measurement error introduced by the deformation and at least one quantity detected by a laser sensor and correlated with the deformation. In the calibration step, the mobile unit is subjected to a movement cycle constituted by small-amplitude oscillations of variable frequency, following the law of sinusoidal motion, keeping the tip of the probe blocked; during the movement cycle, the input and output quantities are sampled and supplied to an algorithm for model identification.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of determining geometric errors in a machine tool or measuring machine having a mobile unit for moving a target within a measuring volume. The method includes the steps of generating a succession of laser beams in different directions by means of an interferometer, and, for each direction, moving the target into a number of points along the beam; measuring, by means of the interferometer, the abscissa of each of the points from an origin located along the direction of the beam; acquiring the coordinates of each of the points by means of the machine; and determining error parameters of the machine on the basis of the abscissas measured by the interferometer, and the coordinates of the points acquired by the machine.