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measured, inspected, and monitored. Advics Manufacturing Ohio’s caliper bore measurement frequency was established by their continuous improvement program and requires sam- pling at every tool change. The frequency requirement also takes into account extra measurements between tool changes to monitor bore changes as predicted by tool wear experience and other factors. And with 15 machining centers producing millions of differing types of brake calipers per year, the total number of caliper bore measurements at Advics Manufactur- ing Ohio is extremely high.
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Mitutoyo’s CV-3000CNC Contracer has taken measuring brake caliper bore grooves out of the hands of a specialist, put the task into the hands of generalist and cut measurement time from 45 minutes to 3 minutes for Advics Manufacturing Inc.
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Advics uses contour measurement machines to inspect caliper bore grooves. In 2004, the company first installed a manual Mitutoyo CV-3000 Contracer to measure bore grooves. These instruments offer fast traverse speeds (X axis [drive unit]; 80 mm/s MAX; Z2 axis [column; 30 mm/s MAX) and included a precision arc-scale built into the Z1 axis (detector) allowing the arc trajectory of the stylus tip to be read directly, thus minimizing error. The machine’s arms are also equipped with collision auto-stop to assure measurement safety during high-speed movement. Depending on the operator, manually measuring all bore parameters with the Contracer averaged about 45 minutes each.
A way had to be found to avoid overwhelming Advics’ capacity for taking these measurements. As a result of the installation of the manual CV-3000, Advics enjoyed a re- lationship with Mitutoyo’s M3
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