MSP has been involved in an exciting new project to deliver a high-range measurement and alignment system by combining metrology, 5-axis probing and photogrammetry to create a fast and accurate part setup solution.
The TACCO project, funded by EIT Manufacturing, is a collaboration between various companies and research facilities, including MSP, IDEKO, Renishaw and Politecnico di Torino.
MSP has been working with these companies since last year and, recently, MSP PerfectPart Technical Lead, Laurence Reeves, went to IDEKO’s facility in Elgoibar, Spain to further develop the alignment solution and drive this project forward.
Both MSP and IDEKO already provide their own solutions for accurate and automated part setup to deliver zero-defect CNC machining and this collaboration will strengthen each company’s respective expertise to create a solution that will have a massive impact on their customers and on the CNC manufacturing industry as a whole.
MSP’s expertise in metrology and 5-axis probing is being called upon for this project. This expertise has already been central to creating MSP’s PerfectPart suite of products which include AutoClock, NC-Checker and NC-PartLocator. Used in end-to-end CNC machining processes, the products provide automated and accurate probe setup, automated CNC machine tool health checking and automated and accurate part setup.
IDEKO developed solution, VSET, is a measurement system based on 3D vision and photogrammetric technology which is used to align extremely large parts that can’t be aligned or inspected in conventional ways.