发明名称 |
METROLOGICAL STYLUS ASSEMBLY |
摘要 |
A metrological instrument usable for scanning a small area (for example 0.5 mm x 0.5 mm) of the surface of a workpiece to detect roughness features has a stylus assembly in which a short (10 mm) lightweight (5 mg) stylus arm (9) is loaded with a hairspring (17) which provides most of the static stylus force (100 mg force). This construction provides a high acceleration for the stylus tip (13), allowing the stylus to track features of an amplitude over 0.1 mu m with data points 1 mu m apart and a stylus traverse speed of at least 5 mm s<-1>. The stylus assembly (7) is supported and driven by a two dimensional traverse unit (5) having two one dimensional stages. Each stage has a balanced compound rectilinear spring mounting using flexure springs arranged to resist gravity through their resistance to bending within the plane of the spring. |
申请公布号 |
WO9525940(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
1996.02.22 |
申请号 |
WO1995GB00559 |
申请日期 |
1995.03.15 |
申请人 |
RANK TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITED;MORRISON, EUAN |
发明人 |
MORRISON, EUAN |
分类号 |
G01B5/20;G01B5/012;G01B5/28;G01B7/34;G01B21/00 |
主分类号 |
G01B5/20 |
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