PRODUCT SHOWCASE: New Renishaw QC20-W Wireless Ballbar

The QC20-W ballbar is an all-new design featuring a Renishaw-developed linear sensor and Bluetooth® wireless technology. This provides greater ease of use and enhanced durability and allows for testing even in “closed door” manufacturing, where access for wiring can raise safety and procedural issues. The new design also allows testing in three orthogonal planes through a single reference point. A single, simple hardware setup means quicker testing and the ability to produce a representative volumetric measurement of positioning accuracy. The QC20-W ballbar retains the principle of a simple CNC circular program, and powerful software. Together, these can quickly diagnose and quantify machine positioning errors including, servo mismatch, stick-slip errors, backlash, repeatability, scale mismatch and machine geometry as well as giving an overall circularity error value. Contact Susan Wilm at (847) 286-9953 or susan.wilm@renishaw.com. Go online to [www.renishaw.com].