Mitutoyo’s new roundness and cylindricity measurement instrument comes in a compact footprint. The Roundtest RA-1600 is equipped with the Roundpak data analysis software. Its robust design and 25 kg capacity makes its well suited for the production floor or the QC lab.

The high rotational accuracy of the unit’s turntable (radial [0.02+6H/10000] μm, axial [0.02+6X/10000] μm) enables measurement of flatness in addition to roundness/cylindricity.

The RA-1600 features a DAT (Digital Adjustment Table) mechanism that makes workpiece centering and leveling simple and fast, since measurement functions including arc measurement are automatic. DAT table setup can even be incorporated into the part program to eliminate human error in centering and leveling. A Z xis column enables evaluation of straightness as well as cylindricity. A detector is included to prevent damaging collisions in the Z axis.

Parameters for roundness/cylindricity, as well as flatness and parallelism, are provided. It also includes an offline teaching function which enables virtual execution of the measurement operations in a 3D simulation window. By storing and indexing measurement and evaluation setups, libraries of sequences can be compiled. Custom reports, including visual depiction of data in 3D graphics, can be easily generated.

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