Outputs (3)

Development of CO2 snow cleaning for in situ cleaning of µCMM stylus tips (2016)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Kinnell, P. K., & Lawes, S. (in press). Development of CO2 snow cleaning for in situ cleaning of µCMM stylus tips. Measurement Science and Technology, 28(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/28/1/015007

Contamination adhered to the surface of a µCMM stylus tip compromises the measurement accuracy of the µCMM system, potentially causing dimensional errors that are over ten times larger than the uncertainty of a modern µCMM. In prior work by the autho... Read More about Development of CO2 snow cleaning for in situ cleaning of µCMM stylus tips.

Contamination of µCMM stylus tips: on-machine inspection (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feng, X., Lacorne, C., Fernandes, G. Q., Lawes, S., & Kinnell, P. Contamination of µCMM stylus tips: on-machine inspection. Presented at 16th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology

Contamination adhered to the surface of a µCMM stylus tip significantly impairs the dimensional accuracy of a µCMM system. Regular cleaning of the stylus is essential to minimising the dimensional error but little data exists for determining appropri... Read More about Contamination of µCMM stylus tips: on-machine inspection.

Performance assessment of a new variable stiffness probing system for micro-CMMs (2016)
Journal Article
Alblahaihid, K., Kinnell, P., Lawes, S., Desgaches, D., & Leach, R. K. (2016). Performance assessment of a new variable stiffness probing system for micro-CMMs. Sensors, 16(4), Article 492. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16040492

When designing micro-scale tactile probes, a design trade-off must be made between the stiffness and flexibility of the probing element. The probe must be flexible enough to ensure sensitive parts are not damaged during contact, but it must be stiff... Read More about Performance assessment of a new variable stiffness probing system for micro-CMMs.