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Create measurement programs offline - use formtesters economically

| Marketing Team

The new software tool MarCAD from Mahr allows for offline creation of measurement programs for formtesters. Production companies save valuable time at the measuring station. With the aid of MarCAD, users create effective measuring programs on the 3D CAD model. They then check the programs in the simulation mode and transfer them to the formtester. Programming on the formtester is not necessary, idle times at the measuring station are reduced and quality assurance becomes more economical.

Offline programming on the 3D CAD model for formtesters
MarCAD facilitates the daily work of quality assurance with Mahr formtesters.The software tool extends the software platform MarWin to make the use of Mahr formtesters more efficient and economical. For the first time, Mahr CAD implements off-fline programming on the 3D CAD model for formtesters. Even before production, the user can easily and quickly create powerful and already optimized measurement programs and sequences - without programming knowledge.

Reduce idle time
Especially manufacturing plants, which frequently check new workpieces, save considerable idle times of the measuring machine with programming. Programs for pre-production or prototypes can be created offline with the software even before the first part has been manufactured. This accelerates development, product design and production of workpieces.

Acceleration of processes
MarCAD accelerates

  • development
  • product design and
  • production

of workpieces.

Automatically the most efficient measuring strategy
The MarCAD software automatically determines the most efficient measurement strategy. Measuring positions and sequences are designed in such a way that intermediate positioning and probe arm swivel operations are reduced to a minimum. With the aid of the program, the user recognizes

  • the optimum clamping position
  • the accessability of measuring locations
  • realiable positioning

at complex measuring points. The "Optical Cut" tool even allows the CAD model to look into the workpiece and determine the correct measuring position in the holes.

Offline programming with just a few clicks
Offline programming with MarCAD is done with just a few clicks

The user

  • inserts the 3D model into the step format
  • selects the tolerated surfaces on the model
  • defines the desired characteristics
  • simulates and checks the created program sequence on the PC
  • generates the MarWin program on the computer
  • brings the program to the measuring machine

Powerful wizards supports the user in defining his measuring task. Many parameters have already been pre-assigned suitable values.

MarCAD is part of the MarWin software platform and runs with MarWin 10 for MarForm and higher. The tool supports the Mahr formtesters MarForm MarForm MMQ 100,MMQ 150, MMQ 200, MMQ 400 and MFU 100/110.

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