Demands of modern industry to meet ever-tighter tolerances and requirements of international quality standards mean that performance of manufacturing machinery has never been more important. Every year new machine tools have been showing improvements in efficiency and power. Increasing feed rates and acceleration values have steadily reduced machining times. At the same time increasing accuracy has permitted ever-closer work piece tolerances. On the one hand these developments enable the machining of increasingly critical parts; on the other hand, they simplify the manufacture of complex assemblies. Furthermore, they continuously decrease the need for manual work, especially in the industries such as tool and die and aerospace industry.
These trends made significant impact on machine testing and calibration techniques. Where years ago purely geometric tests predominated, today’s methods include number of hi-tech tests including Ballbar.

What is the Ballbar?

Ballbar is regarded by many as the best diagnostic tool that was introduced to machine tool industry ever. It is a tool that, trough circular interpolation, performs dynamic test and, using powerful software, provides detailed analysis, pointing to specific error sources on your machine. Simply, it makes machine errors obvious.

There are few companies on the market that offer ballbar testing today. We were, due to our strong vision and strive to be in line with newest technological accomplishments, one of the first in Ontario to do so. Trough the years we accumulated vast experience in ballbar testing and machine calibration. Our technicians are qualified to perform the test and do all necessary adjustments, if they are required, until your tolerance limits are met. We also offer preventive maintenance packages for those who want to have their machines regularly inspected, adjusted and preventive maintenance done.

If you want to assess the performance of your machines please give us a call. Should you have any doubts that ballbar test is something you really need we offer free demonstration to help you make decision.