Hi, Jacob, here at Taylor Hobson again.
Last week I learned about Skidded Vs Skidless instruments.
However, this week I've got something a little different
where I'm going to actually challenge one of our applications engineers
to measure three different parts all with the same shopfloor instrument.
So why don't we go along and grab one of these guys right now?
Hi, Jacob. how you doing mate ?
Alright thanks, heard you got a bit of a challenge for me.
I do Indeed. So I've got three challenges for you, actually.
First of which is I want you to measure on a cylindrical part.
Second is on a concave surface.
And the third is on the underside of a fixed up.
But I want you to all with the same shopfloor instrument. Sure.
Shall we go have a look at the range of Surtronic products & select one ?
So Jacob, I've selected
the Surtronic Duo for the Challenge, the reason I've chosen
this is because is probably the most user friendly of our instruments.
It's got a nice small footprint
so you can get in hard to reach areas such as a cylinder.
And also it's portable so it can move around the shop floor.
Take measurements on different parts.
Ideal, Okay so.
The unit splits apart and we have a display unit and a traverse unit.
You can place your traverse unit on the part we want to measure
and then remotely press the measure button on your display unit
to get a measurement. OK, so do you want to have a go placing it,
Absolutely, yeah. In the cylinder liner.
And if I give you the display unit.
Yeah, if you press the red measure button
and as you can see, you get a
graphical representation of the part and a list of the parameters. Cool.
Yeah, just like the S100. Yeah.
And then you scroll through them like all the other ones, Yeah.
Nailed that one.
Great. So what's next?
So the next part, I got for you is a concave part.
So it's got form to it.
And I know I learnt last week that skidded instruments like the Duo
can struggle with measuring lots of form.
So could you show me if it could measure this part
because I think it'd be really difficult?
Sure. Yeah. So I can use a second unit that I've got here,
and this one actually has an extended reach pick-up.
So if you pick yours up and compare the two, you'll see that the skid
and the stylus protrude further from the instrument, because this has quite a large radius.
This should give us enough reach to reach into the part.
To take a measurement.
OK, so I'll demonstrate that for you if I place the traverse unit again
on the part, I want to measure and press the measurement bottom.
And as you can see again, I've got a graphical representation
and I've got a list of parameters that can scroll through.
Yeah, I'm very impressed.
Okay Jacob, so we got through the first two challenges pretty comfortably, I think. Alright.
Alright. Yeah, I hope you got something a bit more difficult. Don't worry.
I think the last one is going
to be even more difficult, but we've got a move for it.
Yeah, Let's go. Cool, Let's go.
(Aren't they forgetting something?)
DUO !
Right. So final challenge.
I want to measure on this vertical surface here. OK.
And you still got to do it with the Duo do you reckon you can manage it ?
Yep. In fact, there's an accessory that we can use for that.
The magnetic base.
So if you hand over the traverse unit, yep,
and simply slot the Duo into place.
Then I can place it on the part.
Easy as that. If you press the measure button.
Yeah. Then you'll see, again.
Look at that, graph, and I've got all the parameters showing up as well.
Pretty simple. Really simple.
I actually thought It would be way harder than that.
Congratulations, you've completed all three of the challenges
and just using one instrument Surtronic Duo
And I think we've learned so much about it in the process.
Yeah, like I say, I'm glad we got your measurements done today. Yeah.
And we've seen some of the strengths of the Surtronic Duo, the usability, the portability
we've used the bluetooth function as well as the extended reach pick-up.
Yep, to get inside the radius
And we've also used the magnetic base to take that vertical measurement for you.
So yeah, I think we've seen the versatility of the instrument today.
Absolutely. Yeah. We've learned so much. I think everyone else has.
So join us next time to learn more about Taylor Hobson instruments.
Hi Jacob, heard you got a challenge for me?
I do, I definitely do.
I can't remember, what the challenge is But I've got a challenge.
Alright go again mate. Yeah, that's the blooper on this one, Isn't it?