Renishaw launches new CARTO Ballbar Connect app

Renishaw is launching its new CARTO Ballbar Connect smartphone app for the QC20 ballbar. It will provide a simplified user experience for machine operators to complete a valuable machine performance check with minimal training. Dave Wall, Renishaw’s director and general manager of the laser calibration products division, explained: “We are excited about the release of the CARTO Ballbar Connect app which opens up the use of the QC20 ballbar to a wider range of users who can now access the benefits from regular ballbar testing.”

The CARTO Ballbar Connect app uses a macro-based program, offering maximum simplicity to customise a setting code to configure and run a ballbar test, while removing the requirement to edit and transfer machine part programs. The app allows a user to easily set-up and capture data from the QC20 ballbar in one test sequence. Machine results are provided as a single quantitative, visual indication of the machine’s volumetric positioning performance using the app’s ‘3-D Check’ test sequence.

Testing with the Renishaw QC20 ballbar system provides a simple, rapid check of a CNC machine tool’s positioning performance. The QC20 ballbar is widely recognised as a leading preventative maintenance tool for new and installed machines around the world.