Abstract: A method and an apparatus for dimensionally measuring parts by means of a coordinate measuring instrument. In order enable measurement of parts that are made of different materials with great accuracy, a computerized tomography sensor is integrated into the coordinate measuring instrument.

Abstract: A method and device for the measurement of workpiece geometries with a coordinate measuring device. According to the invention, measuring tasks may be optimally carried out without a requirement for devices of differing types, by use of one or more sensors which are of optimal application for the relevant measuring task.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for obtaining fatty acids with improved color, odor and heat stability which is characterized in that: (a) in a first step the crude acids are fed to a rectification (“precut”) column in order to remove low boiling by-products being present in the starting material as a top fraction, and (b) in a second step the bottom fraction of the precut column is fed to a sidestream column in order to obtain the pure fatty acids as the side fraction, to remove low boiling by-products which have been formed in the course of the first distillation as a top fraction and to remove high boiling by-products, either being present from the starting material or formed during the first distillation, with the residue.

Abstract: A co-ordinate-measuring instrument is provided with a translumination device which includes at least one illumination body and an image processing sensor system which is provided with a lens measuring along an optical axis. In order to perform high-accuracy measurement without the necessity of placing and removing the illumination body and the sensor image processing system, the illumination body is constructed in such a way that it emits diffused light and a filter which is embodied, for example in the form of a comb, provided with through holes and arranged between the illumination body and a measured object is transparent for beams forming with the axis an angle which is less than a defined limiting angle ?.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coordinate measuring apparatus (110) for measuring an object (3), comprising an x-ray sensory mechanism as a first sensory mechanism that is provided with an x-ray source (10) and at least one x-ray sensor (7) which detects the x-rays, and a second sensory mechanism such as a tactile and/or an optical sensory mechanism (8, 11; 9) that can be placed in the x, y, and/or z direction of the coordinate measuring apparatus in relation to the object. In order to be able to easily measure also large-size test objects, the x-ray sensory mechanism (7, 10) can be positioned in the coordinate measuring apparatus (10) according to the second sensory mechanism (8, 11; 9).

Abstract: An arrangement for measuring the geometry or structure of an object by means of a co-ordinate measuring device with an optical system for recording and reproducing a measured point on at least one optical sensor, whereby the optical system has at least one displaceable lens group having at least one measuring lens and at least some of the measuring lenses are supported in a housing. At least one further lens is arranged in at least some of the housings for supporting the measuring lenses of the at least one displaceable lens group, for the focusing of a light beam on the object.

Abstract: A process for measuring of an object geometry is disclosed using a coordinate measuring device wherein the object geometry is recorded by an optical sensor and represented as an image content, wherein within the image content, geometric structures suitable for the measurement of the object are subsequently selected and evaluated.

Abstract: A coordinate measuring device for measuring three-dimensional or two-dimensional objects in the direction of the X, Y and Z axes of the coordinate measuring device. The X and Y measuring axes run in one plane in order to achieve a compact unit and a high measuring accuracy.

Abstract: A co-ordinate-measuring instrument is provided with a translumination device which includes at least one illumination body and an image processing sensor system which is provided with a lens measuring along an optical axis. In order to perform high-accuracy measurement without the necessity of placing and removing the illumination body and the sensor image processing system, the illumination body is constructed in such a way that it emits diffused light and a filter which is embodied, for example in the form of a comb, provided with through holes and arranged between the illumination body and a measured object is transparent for beams forming with the axis an angle which is less than a defined limiting angle ?.

Abstract: An arrangement for measuring the geometry or structure of an object by means of a co-ordinate measuring device with an optical system for recording and reproducing a measured point on at least one optical sensor, whereby the optical system has at least one displaceable lens group having at least one measuring lens and at least some of the measuring lenses are supported in a housing. At least one further lens is arranged in at least some of the housings for supporting the measuring lenses of the at least one displaceable lens group, for the focusing of a light beam on the object.

Abstract: Disclosed is a new process for obtaining fatty acids with improved color, odor and heat stability which is characterized in that (a) in a first step the crude acids are fed to a rectification (“precut”) column in order to remove low boiling by-products being present in the starting material as a top fraction, and (b) in a second step the bottom fraction of the precut column is fed to a sidestream column in order to obtain the pure fatty acids as the side fraction, to remove low boiling by-products which have been formed in the course of the first distillation as a top fraction and to remove high boiling by-products, either being present from the starting material or formed during the first distillation, with the residue.

Abstract: A method for measuring a contour of a workpiece by scanning, using first and second sensors. According to the invention, the contour of the workpiece may be measured with high precision and rapidly, especially in the edge region, the contour of the workpiece being recorded by means of the at least two sensors and the information obtained from at least one sensor is used to influence the actions of at least one other sensor.

Abstract: Arrangement for performing the opto-tactile measurement of structures of an object using a coordinate measuring device that includes a scanner with a probe extension that is elastic on at least one side and with a scanning element extending therefrom that senses the object, an optical sensor that detects the scanning element directly or indirectly, such as a camera, and possibly a first lens that is arranged between the sensor and the scanner, where the scanner is adjustable together with the optical sensor. The optical sensor and the scanner are integrated into a single unit.

Abstract: A bearing (32) for a coordinate measuring instrument including a slide (36) which can be axially displaced in relation to a fixing device (34) and which can be supported opposite the fixing device by means of at least one air bearing (38, 40). In order to be able to utilize the bearing for all axes of the coordinate measuring instrument while simultaneously using outer surfaces of the slide as mounting surfaces for sensors, the invention provides that a force that works counter to the air bearing can be generated by a magnetic field (42, 44).

Abstract: An illumination arrangement for illuminating an object to be measured, destined in particular for a coordinate measuring system or a measuring microscope, includes several light sources (18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68) going out from a support (16, 70) having different incidence angles with respect to an optical axis (14) of an optic, by means of which the object can be measured or imaged. The light sources in the support are arranged in such a way, that their incidence angles (?, ?, ?, ?, ?) intersect the optical axis (14) in divergent areas (48, 50, 52, 54, 56).

Abstract: A coordinate measuring device for measuring three-dimensional or two-dimensional objects in the direction of the X, Y and Z axes of the coordinate measuring device. The X and Y measuring axes run in one plane in order to achieve a compact unit and a high measuring accuracy.

Abstract: Method for carrying out the non-contact measurement of geometries such as surfaces of objects, with a coordinate measuring machine with a laser beam that is projected onto a measuring point of the object via an optical system, and in which the light that is reflected or scattered by the measuring point is detected by a detector. The optical system includes a zoom lens, whose lens groups each are each motor-adjusted separately from each other in positions for working distance and/or resolution and/or measuring range.

Abstract: A device and method for measuring geometries or structures of essentially two-dimensional objects involving the use of an image processing sensory mechanism. According to the invention, the object to be measured is placed on an object supporting surface and is measured on the side of the object supporting surface by means of an image processing sensory mechanism that can be displaced underneath the object in a plane running parallel to the object supporting surface.

Abstract: A method for measuring structures of an object using a feeler element assigned to a coordinate measuring instrument and extending from an elastic-to-bending feeler extension is disclosed wherein the feeler element is brought into contact with an object having structures to be measured and the position of the feeler is then determined by comparing the position of the feeler as determined by the coordinate measuring instrument with the position determined by the optical sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the geometry of an object (12), particularly a work piece or a tool, by means of a co-ordination measuring device (10). The geometry of an object (12) is recorded by an optical sensor (14), for example a camera, and is represented in the form of an image content (32). Geometric structures (60 70) in the image content adapted to the measurement of the object (12), such as geometric elements or contours, are selected and subsequently evaluated. The aim of the invention is to enable even non-experienced operators to carry out a measurement in a fast and fault-free manner. When the image content (32) is changed, it is automatically analysed in relation to the geometric structures (60-70) adapted to the object measurement (12), and the adapted structures are marked and prepared for subsequent evaluation.