Industrial 4.0 Platform Based on Geometric Quality/Quality

Industrial 4.0 Platform Based on Geometric Quality/Quality

January 2016

“Dimensional Engineering” is also known as product geometric quality engineering. It covers all aspects of geometric quality definition, design, measurement and control methods, process control and optimization, acceptance method design and verification, and is to enhance the manufacturing industry, especially the precision machinery manufacturing industry. The key content of the production technology level is an indispensable and important part of "Industry 4.0" and "Made in China 2025." Renishaw brings its revolutionary new generation of REVO-2 five-axis measurement system and EquatorTM analyzer to provide the whole process of production and processing solutions, helping the “Shenzhen Dimension Engineer Maker Platform” to create a “quality based on quality/quality” industry 4.0 platform."

Ren Zsau Measurement Product Business Development Manager Zhang Zhe shares Renishaw's measurement solutions

December 16th, 2015, sponsored by Shenzhen Institute of Metrology and Quality Inspection and Renishaw (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd., China Automotive Engineering Society Manufacturing Technology Sub-Council Inspection Committee, Shanghai University, China Size Engineering Alliance, Siemens (China) Co., Ltd., Co., Ltd. and Co., Ltd. co-sponsored the "Shenzhen Dimensional Engineering Founder Platform and Renishaw Product Technology Application Forum" jointly held by Shenzhen Metrology Quality Inspection Institute. Sun Xueming, Dean of the Shenzhen Metrology Quality Inspection Institute, and Yu Shuping, Director of the Geometry Measurement Institute of the Shenzhen Institute of Metrology and Quality Inspection, Prof. Li Ming, Member of the China Size Engineering Alliance, Associate Dean of the Shanghai Institute of Mechatronics Engineering, and a doctoral supervisor Yao Jiguang, vice chairman of the Shenzhen Machinery Industry Association and director general of the professional committee, and Paul Gallagher, president of Renishaw China, attended the event. Nearly 200 industry representatives from companies, associations, research institutes and universities from all parts of the country gathered for this event. During the seminar, Zhang Zhe, business development manager of Renishaw's measurement products, and Zhou Hanhui, business development manager of calibration products, gave a detailed introduction to Renishaw's comprehensive solutions for measurement and calibration and its product application fields.

Left: Zhang Zhe, Renishaw's business development manager for measurement products;

The second left: Yu Ping, Director of Geometric Measurement Test Institute of Shenzhen Metrology and Quality Inspection Institute;

Right one: Paul Gallagher , president of Renishaw China ;

The second right: Li Ming, deputy dean and doctoral supervisor of Shanghai University of Electromechanical Engineering Design Institute.

From Design to Finished Product - Total Process Measurement Solution

During the conference, the "Shenzhen Dimensional Engineering Passenger Making Platform" led by Shenzhen Metrology Institute was announced. The platform is a professional technology exchange, innovative cooperation, and program service platform established in the dimension engineering field based on the “Shenzhen Intelligent Manufacturing Space for Public Manufacture” and “Shenzhen Machinery and Mold Public Inspection Platform”. Entrepreneurial dreams and passion for innovation provide a full range of technical support for all stages of the geometric product manufacturing lifecycle. Therefore, the "Industry 4.0 platform" based on geometric quality / quality came into being.

Measurement is not only a basic science, but also a highly specialized technology. To talk about measurement, we must stand at the height of the entire mechanical engineering system. The "Industry 4.0 platform" puts manufacturing into operation under a large system, changes the traditional concept of "measurement is the back end (control) technology", and establishes an important position of measurement in all aspects of the entire life cycle of the manufacturing process. Data to achieve the purpose of assisting design, regulating processing, cost savings, and quality assurance. Therefore, Shenzhen Metrology Institute introduced Renishaw's REVO-2 five-axis measurement system and Equator comparator. Through Renishaw's professional and technical support, it created a pre-procedure, pre-procedure, and post-procedure manufacturing solution for the platform. It realizes real-time measurement and control, and feedbacks quality problems to the front-end R&D and design to ensure that the whole process of the product from design to finished product is in a controllable state.

Renishaw employees demonstrate operation REVO-2

Guests at the event watch REVO-2 on the engine block

REVO® is currently the only scanning system on the market that can control the movement of 3 machine axes and 2 spindles at the same time. It can perform precise workpiece measurement with an ultra-high data acquisition rate of 6000 points per second. In this "Industry 4.0 platform", REVO serves as a solution to the problem of absolute metering control. As one of the main responsible persons of the project, Yu Jiping, head of the Shenzhen Institute of Metrology Geometry Measurement Test, stated: “I have been dealing with Renishaw for many years and have been grinding swords for ten years. I recognize Renishaw's 'REVO Five' Axial scanning technology is a revolutionary measurement technique. Its advantages are measured, measured, measured, and measured. Although five-axis machining technology has been used for many years, true five-axis scanning measurements Renishaw's REVO was the first to achieve, and the use of five-axis scanning technology to measure the five-axis machined parts has a principle advantage, which can ensure the high coverage of the measurement object.Reduced triaxial motion, real-time dynamic stylus compensation, Reducing the replacement of needles and the precise calculation of the head radius compensation are all guarantees of accurate measurement.The fast measurement speed and the large amount of data acquisition are also a major feature of REVO.Overall, the advantages of REVO compared with traditional measurement methods are very obvious. ."

The other principal of the project, Prof. Li Ming, deputy dean of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Design of Shanghai University and a doctoral supervisor, also strongly recognizes REVO's technology. He said: "REVO solves the problem of long styling yaw and interference, product design is very clever. Laser configuration solves the error compensation problem of the probe tip. Plus five-axis linkage configuration, can effectively solve the measurement As far as I know, there are many manufacturers in the automotive and engine industries that are using REVO for measurements such as GM and Ford."

REVO brings an absolute metrology solution to the “Industry 4.0 platform”, and the control of the production process needs to be achieved through Equator. As a versatile alternative to custom measurements, Equator can solve problems with on-site measurements. In mass production, when the production process is stable, the manufacturer hopes to see consistent quality of finished parts. Equator adopts the comparison of production parts and standard parts to quickly complete the process control of product manufacturing on the assembly line.

Renishaw employees explain the Equator process control solution to the guests

Prof. Li Ming further pointed out: "Equator is a very innovative product. It adopts a parallel structure design, and has a fast response speed and enables quick comparison measurement. By implementing a virtual measurement program at the front end, we have realized The concept of “virtual and real” solves the problem of calibration and automatic adjustment of the measurement process quickly, and has a wide range of applications in 3C, small molds, and motors, etc. At the same time, it is connected to the robot using an optional input/output interface. Equator can be integrated into the automation unit by outputting the measurement results to the SPC component. Some SPC components also provide the ability to connect to specific modern machine controllers and update the offset value for true automated process control."

Facing "Industry 4.0" - Measuring Industry Trends in the Future

In the “Industry 4.0” and “Made in China 2025” environment, it is both an opportunity and a challenge for the measurement industry. As a "measurement family", Renishaw's geometric quality/quality "Industry 4.0 platform" created in cooperation with many parties provides manufacturers with a technologically leading product-wide process solution. Through continuous propaganda and demonstration, more companies will know what to do and how to do in the “times of 4.0” to be able to catch up with the pace of industrial development in the world.

For the future development of the measurement industry, Mr. Paul Gallagher, President of Renishaw China, has unique insights. He said: "The automatic detection and control of the entire manufacturing process is the direction that companies are increasingly paying attention to. Specifically, Renishaw believes that the development trend of future measurement products mainly has three directions: First, measurement products must have more Functionality; Second, measuring the product's high flexibility, the need for the environment is more and more simple; Third, once the problem is found, how to quickly compensate through the feedback system to improve product reliability.”

As the world's top engineering technology company, Renishaw is not only a product supplier, but also a provider of “solutions”. We have taken the leading position in many fields such as machine tool automation, measurement, motion control and precision machining. Renishaw will continue to listen to the needs of Chinese manufacturers in the future. With many years of application experience and Renishaw's global R&D technical strength, Renishaw will provide tailor-made solutions for Chinese domestic manufacturers. Renishaw has always been with you on the road to promote the development of China's manufacturing industry!

About Renishaw

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Our products can be widely used in machine tool automation, coordinate measurement, additive manufacturing, comparison measurement, Raman spectroscopy, machine calibration, position feedback, dental CAD/CAM, shape memory alloys, large-scale mapping, stereotactic nerves Surgery and medical diagnosis and other fields. In all of these areas, our goal is to become a long-term partner, and now and in the future, we will consistently provide superior products that meet our customers' needs and provide fast, professional technical and commercial support.

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