The major benefit of non contact technology is the ability to perform such measurements with a combination of speed, flexibility and accuracy not previously possible. This value may be meaningless to the user, but the end result is an unbelievable measuring speed. A range of purpose designed workholding tools is available. These are based on Morse No. 2 industry standard and can be changed very quickly to facilitate precise location of many different workpiece shapes, keeping machine change-over times to an absolute minimum. Profile is very fast, with an inherent flexibility that makes it readily suitable for a wide range of applications, from large transmission shafts to very small turned and ground components.
Programming is also particularly fast and flexible.
Part programs are easily prepared on or off line, on a Windows NT platform and are stored permanently for rapid recall. Profile machines are designed for users who need to perform precise dimensional measurements on cylindrical parts directly in a shop-floor environment.