My TP200-B went south, and it's weird on the symptoms it gave in its' final hours....

First, the CMM started reporting bad parts. Took the same parts to another unit, ran the same program, and they're good. I re-setup the original CMM and watched the probe-cal routine. In my software, the re-cal routine gives the X-Y-Z offset, and the cal sphere dia. It's the reported cal sphere dia that gave me a clue something was wrong. Normally, wild values here, indicate a loose probe, or cal sphere itself. All was tight. Ran it again. Again wild numbers. Swapped out another TP200, and all is good. I'm not really experienced with the TP200, but I know when a TP-2 goes bad, it rather obvious and starts taking points without touching anything.

I'm interested in hearing from others who have experienced a dying TP200, and what symptoms it gave you.
And BTW, I've dropped a TP200, (well, it rolled off my desk) and it had no response when installed.



Mark Bailis
PCC Airfoils SMP
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