A novel strategy for cost-efficient measurements with coordinate measurement machines

Abstract

In this paper the choice of the best measurement strategy for coordinate measurement machines with multi sensor systems is investigated. A model is proposed which regards cost effectiveness as one main criterion for measurement strategies. The new model shows the dependencies between different cost fractions of the measurement. Therefore all cost fractions of multi sensorial measurement are determined and brought into relations. It is analysed how measurement uncertainty and speed of the measurement are connected and which ratio makes a measurement economic. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.