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Standardized Performance Testing Metrics for Optical Coordinate Measurement Systems

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Steven D. Phillips

Abstract

Optical probing technology on coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) operates significantly differently from discrete point probing associated with tactile probing CMMs hence manufacturers of this technology seek to use different testing artifacts for standardized performance testing. However, the standardized performance metrics which describe the CMM’s measurement accuracy need to be comparable to other CMMs regardless of the probing technology. This paper examines several different metrics that can be computed from the test results of CMMs with optical probes and theses metrics are compared for equivalency to the canonical results specified by ISO and ASME standards used for tactile CMMs. A derivation is presented which motivates a more detailed computer simulation study of nine different metrics. Two metrics of these calculated metrics involve easily observable quantities for optical probing systems and are considered equivalent to the canonical performance test value.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7883
Report Number
7883
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

coordinate metrology, ISO 10360, dimensional metrology, CMMs, probing
Manufacturing, Metrology and Dimensional metrology

Citation

Phillips, S. (2013), Standardized Performance Testing Metrics for Optical Coordinate Measurement Systems, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7883 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created May 9, 2013, Updated November 10, 2018
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