We are looking at purchasing another CMM. Boss was asking if we should spend the extra $12,000 and get a scanning head instead of the touch trigger. We are a production job shop and don't really do a lot of curvature (like panels or airfoils etc.). A few question I have are:
1 - Is the scanning head significantly faster then a touch trigger?
2 - Can a scanning head be used as a touch trigger?
3 - If one machine is with a touch trigger and the new one with a scanning head; will I need to make 2 programs?
4 - Will my old touch trigger programs work with a scanning head, with minor modifications?
If you guys could give me some pointers on the direction to take, I'd greatly appreciate it.
1 - Is the scanning head significantly faster then a touch trigger?
2 - Can a scanning head be used as a touch trigger?
3 - If one machine is with a touch trigger and the new one with a scanning head; will I need to make 2 programs?
4 - Will my old touch trigger programs work with a scanning head, with minor modifications?
If you guys could give me some pointers on the direction to take, I'd greatly appreciate it.