About this Event
This is a paid training and space is limited. Registration is required and the cost to participate is $2000 per person. This training will require a minimum of 5 attendees to run.
Join CCAT and Renishaw for this comprehensive 3 day in-person paid training class. This course involves open discussion on the use of the laser interferometer as a tool for evaluating the severity and cause of errors machines exhibit which work within three-dimensional rectangular coordinate systems. Emphasis is on development of basic metrology skills, visualization, and solutions for spatial geometric problems using laser interferometers on linear motion devices. This is an introductory course designed for individuals looking to develop and further the understanding of error events recorded with a laser interferometer. Although this course is introductory, it meets the needs of many students with other interests as a refresher course for improving laser alignment skills, a course for students interested in pursuing, selling and supporting metrology measurement services or a course that simply satisfies a student’s curiosity in measurement using laser interferometers. This is an interactive lecture structured course whereby fresh topics are presented by the instructor, theory and hardware are explained, formulas are introduced, scenarios are presented and basic metrology problems are worked out sequentially by the instructor and students.
Learning Objectives:
- Familiarize students with basics concepts of metrology
- Familiarize students with errors found in rectangular coordinate systems
- To provide students with opportunities to develop an understanding of measurement uncertainties using a laser interferometer
- Familiarize the student with the basic measuring components of laser interferometer
- Familiarize students with basic Laser software data capture and analysis functions
- To provide students with basic skills to evaluate and quantify future metrology challenges
Day 1
- Introduction and Safety
- Classifications of measurements
- Displacement measurement units
- History of units
- Measurement unit selection
- Basic metrology formulas
- Thermal expansion
- Machine coordinate systems
- 6/13/21 Degrees of freedom
- Feedback systems error
- Error Correction
- Absolute and incremental error
Day 2
- Hardware and theory
- System accuracy
- Linear measurement optics
- Optical setup and laser alignment
- Using capture and analysis software
- Environmental compensation
- Factors affecting accuracy
Day 3
- Angular measurement optics
- Straightness measurement optics
- Setting up and capturing linear, angular and straightness measurements
- Creating compensation tables
- Evaluating measured results
- Making changes in the machine control
Trainer: Justin Lebel, Renishaw
CCAT's Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is located at the Raytheon Technologies Research Center which is adjacent to The Pratt & Whitney Campus at 409 Silver Lane, East Hartford, CT. CCAT is an export control facility and all visitors at CCAT’s Advanced Technology Center will be required to sign in and present proof of citizenship. Acceptable forms for identification include a verified license/ID, passport, green card, or birth certificate. Visitors who are citizens of an embargoed country and do not have a valid US Green Card will not be permitted in the facility. CCAT follows all current CDC, State of Connecticut and Town of East Hartford, CT COVID protocols and masks are required.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., 409 Silver Lane, East Hartford, United States
USD 2000.00
