Venture CNC with Fusion Software

The all new 2009 Venture sets new standards for price vs performance.

Two stage sizes are available in Manual, Manual + Auto-focus and full CNC options.

All models are touch probe compatible.

New features included as standard this year include collimated profile and TTL lighting together with Baty’s long established 64 led programmable light head.
 
Also included are new advanced Video edge detection tools which allow the user to ‘teach’ the system virtually any edge type so that unique settings can be used for every measurement if required.
Advanced profile scanning options allow multi-section scans to be best fit to the CAD model in seconds.

Standard Venture / Venture Plus system features include:

•     0.5 micron resolution for increased accuracy
•     6.5:1 optical zoom lens combined with digital zooming allows the operator to see images at over 1000x magnification.
•     High res. USB2 camera with high definition colour image and image capture for slick reporting.
•     Baty’s fully programmable segmented LED ring lighting system.
•     Z axis dovetail slide mount for increased Z capacity.
•     Auto Video edge detection with circle, arc, line and point tools as well as free form scanning tool - akes thousands of data point in seconds!
•     Two stage auto-focus first find the part, then measure it - fast
•     Best fit comparison to DXF file, immediate pass fail for complex shapes
•     Produce fully dimensioned drawings of your measured part
•     SPC
•     Auto Excel link

White LED lighting
Lighting is critical to ensure that the correct edge is measured. Baty’s programmable LED lighting head allows the user to define any segment pattern to be switched on.  This means that oblique lighting conditions can be achieved to illuminate more difficult edges. Segments can then be rotated and intensity varied to suit the radial position of the edge.

Once set, the lighting condition for each measured feature is now automatically programmed and will be reproduced by the software each time a new part is measured.

Through the lens (TTL) lighting is offered for applications such as blind bore measurement and understage profile illumination is collimated.  64 white LED’s are used to ensure Venture’s high quality colour image is achieved.

Touch probe compatibility
The optional touch probe can be used in conjunction with VED techniques to take data points in any direction.

This is particularly useful when measuring features that are out of the camera’s sight, or  when features on the XZ or YZ plane must be related to features in the XY plane.

Now the whole part can be measured in 3D without the need for repositioning. Other 3D geometric features like spheres, cones and cylinders can sometimes be constructed more easily using the touch probe option.

For multi probe CNC applications an auto-change probe rack is used to change stylus configurations mid program.

Dimensioned part view
Measured results are displayed in the form of a fully dimensioned drawing. Dimensions within the specified tolerance are shown in green whilst dimensions out of tolerance are shown in red for immediate visual status of the measured part.

Geometric tolerances can also be displayed using standard drawing practice. The final dimensioned part view can then be printed as an engineering drawing with a traditional drawing frame containing Company details, customer and part details, date and inspectors name.


Curve Tool
Venture’s new curve tool automatically traces the profile of an undefined part. The resulting data-point curve can then be compared to a toleranced DXF master for best fit analysis.

Once ‘fitted’ the data points appear red or green to indicate whether in tolerance. In addition to best fit, conventional dimensions can also be applied to the scan.

COMPARE TO 3D CAD MODEL
Baty’s new CAD comparison module allows the import of 3D ‘step’ and ‘Iges’ CAD files.

Once a simple 6 point or 3-2-1 alignment is made to the part, random points can be taken anywhere on the surface of the part using either touch probe, vision tools or laser. The points are then overlaid onto the rendered 3D model and profile errors are displayed.

The graphical report is colour coded to classify each of the data points and show their position relative to the surface.

Published on February 01, 2009 14:07 updated on August 18, 2010 15:43