After an investment of over £150,000, Burton upon Trent-based Blum-Novotest Ltd (
www.blum-novotest.com) — a global supplier of production metrology solutions — has launched its LC-Vision software, which is designed to help firms get the most out of the LC50 Digilog laser measurement system.
It ‘visualises’ measurement results from the company’s 3-D ToolControl, SpindleControl and GrindControl systems, allowing manufacturers to know sooner about wear and defects on the tool cutting edges, spindle wear and any issues with the grinding wheel.
David Mold, managing director of Blum-Novotest, said: “We launched the LC50 in 2018, the next generation of the laser and the latest addition to the Digilog family.
"After listening to our customers, we are delighted to introduce LC-Vision, which will give machining firms the ability to identify wear and defects quicker — and compensate for them while the tools are still in the machine.
"By using a Best Fit feature, tools can be modified so that parts are machined much more accurately than before, which means that every component coming off should be good.”
Scrapping or re-working should be a thing of the past with this software.
“LC50 evaluates the analogue signal rather than the digital one, so we can take thousands of measuring values of all cutting tool edges per second, resulting in the highly dynamic measurement of tool parameters.
“In essence, this technology is 60% quicker than conventional in-machine measuring.”
The company says that the plan is to include the LC-Vision software (free of charge) on machines fitted with Blum-Novotest’s Digilog LC50 laser measurement system.
Every application will be shown on the software, but only those purchased will be active, with customers able to purchase additional features as part of a licensing agreement.
Future development will eventually cover the rest of the Digilog range, including the probe, the roughness gauge probe and the bore gauge system.