RPI UK, a specialist developer and manufacturer of precision positioning devices for high-accuracy rotary and angular inspection systems, has supplied Wenzel’s Bulgarian distributer with a QuadSlimLine rotary table. The rotary table will integrate into a Wenzel CMM, enabling a European aerospace giant to measure aero engine disks up to 40% faster.

RPI’s rotary tables are a good addition to high-precision CMMs. Specifically designed as a fourth axis, the rotary tables are accurate to ±0.5 arc-seconds: equivalent to hitting a golf ball at a hole located more than 22 km away and scoring a hole-in-one every time. As well as significantly improving overall CMM measurement accuracy and reducing uncertainty, rotary tables greatly increase the available measuring volume, providing greater flexibility in what users can measure. 

“When it comes to measuring symmetrical or prismatic components, it’s all about simplifying your measuring procedures, increasing your CMM’s application range and effective measuring volume,” explains RPI’s sales manager Jim Palmer. “In turn, this will increase the flexibility, productivity and efficiency of your CMM.”

The installation of the QuadSlimLine on to the Wenzel CMM was carried out by 2M Trading, the Bulgarian distributor for both RPI and Wenzel.

Timothy Matyushin, 2M’s general manager, says: “We installed RPI’s Quad Slimline on to Wenzel’s CMM LH108 NG, which incorporates a Renishaw UCC S5 controller and Renishaw Modus software. The result is a CMM that works smarter with increased flexibility, capacity and throughput, ultimately delivering a 40% reduction in inspection time for one of Europe’s major aerospace manufacturers. The customer is so impressed, they’ve ordered another two QuadSlimLine rotary tables for installation to CMMs before the end of the year.”

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