The basis of the portable CMM arm is to allow an operator to reach and touch the part to be measured with a hard probe and collect data.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2014-07-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/potent-portables-portable-cmm-arms-bring-sophisticated-inspection-shop-floor/
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