COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE HAVING AN AIR COUNTERBALANCE SYSTEM

摘要

380-78-0020 COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE HAVING AN AIR COUNTERBALANCE A coordinate measuring machine having a vertically mounted probe and a reduced-friction pneumatic counterbalance for the probe, with the counterbalance coupled to the probe through a torque converter to allow a shorter travel length of the counterbalance compared with a longer travel of the vertical probe. The torque converter is coupled to the counterbalance and the probe by low friction metallic tapes in its preferred embodiment.