Nermina Zaimovic-Uzunovic, Samir Lemes, Dzenana Tomasevic, Josip Kacmarcik

University of Zenica

FLATNESS MEASUREMENT ON
A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE

5th International Conference

„NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION“
NT-2019
June 27-29. 2019.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
FLATNESS DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES ON CMM
ISO 1101 - distance
between two parallel
planes, confining the
surface, oriented in such
manner that the distance
between the planes is a
minimum possible value

sampling strategy - one of the

key parameters in flatness
measurement uncertainty
budget – predifined and detail
analysis approach

here investigated - grid method

defined in ISO 12781-2

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 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
An investigation was performed in order to analyse the effect of different probe styli
(tip size) and different sampling strategies on the results of flatness measurement
with two different probing methods: single point measurement and continuous
scanning measurement.

The experimental measurements

on the top surface of the part
used for CMM training,
dimensions of surface 78x67 mm 3
 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
Strategies used for single point measurement
Name Grid size Number of points
Points 1 4x4 13
Points 2 6x6 18
Points 3 10x10 47
Points 4 15x15 96
Points 5 20x20 170
6x6 15x15

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 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
Strategies used for continuous scanning measurement
Name Number of parallel lines Number of points
Lines 1 6 155
Lines 2 10 423
Lines 3 15 666
Lines 4 20 888
Lines 5 25 1147

10x10 20x20

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 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
Styli used for measurements

Stylus A

Stylus B

Stylus C
Feature

DK 2 mm 5 mm 8 mm
L 44 mm 50 mm 114 mm
DG 11 mm 11 mm 11 mm
ML 19 mm 40 mm 101 mm
DS 1.5 mm 3.5 mm 6 mm
Weight 5g 4g 10 g

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 ¸RESULTS

single point continuous scanning

measurement results measurement results
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 CONCLUSIONS

 the results showed and confirmed the great influence of sampling

size on accuracy of CMM flatness measurement
 the rectangular grid sampling strategy with size of 15 lines optimal
for the investigated measuring task
 the results confirmed advantages of scanning compared to single
point probing
 the influence of stylus tip size on the measurement result was
much smaller and less significant comparing to the one due to
sample size

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Thank you!
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