Method and apparatus for measuring and tube fitting
CA 2196236 A1 · Owner: Raab, Simon · Inventors: Raab, Simon
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A method and apparatus for measuring position and orientation of features of a part or item and tube fitting using a portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is presented. The coordinate measuring machine comprising a multijointed manually positionable measuring arm for accurately and easily measuring the position of a point in space by using a special probe, which may be a disk to perform the tube fitting is, interconnected with a host computer. The tube fitting is performed using a coordinate measuring machine in conjunction with appropriate CAD (computer and design) based inspection software which includes tube fitting capabilities.
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- Filed January 29, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 29, 2017.
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