Wow!

 

More hurricane proofing for New Orleans, with the receptacle part for the giant ball in our last entry.

This is part of the Hurricane Surge gate system for the city.

 

There are 2 parts to this bearing with pucks milled into the sphere. Made To Measure measured these parts while the Army Engineers source inspected, well actually they witnessed, the measuring while Josh was crawling inside the part. Some of our unique capabilities is to have customers and third party inspection in-house.

Check this out....world's largest calibration ball

Well....not really.

Its 10,000 pounds and it's a Pintle in a hinge for the hurricane water surge protection for New Orleans, LA Hurricane Protection Project. Read on.... http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/projectsList/home.asp?projectID=115 

The Army Corps wanted to make sure everything checks out before it's assembled. More parts coming up on this project. Stay tuned.

Wow; it's another big cmm gantry measuring project for M2M!

Measuring ceiling tiles? You have got to be kidding!

The weirdness keeps coming; measuring ceiling tiles for size, squareness, and flatness.

Well, when you think about it, it does make sense, having long rows in the ceiling and when some are out of square or not sitting flat in the grid, it can become irritable to the eye.

M2M measured hundreds of these, producing capability study charts and producing a lot of dust and crumbs in the process of handling these things.

CMM rebuilds and retrofits

Large capacity CMM for measuring large parts.

M2M has been rebuilding completely with retrofits. We have found that taking old measuring machines that were the leaders at the time of their day to be the best choices. The price point is much lower than the newer machine rebuilds and retrofit.

Rebuilding completely with new wires, bearings, and hoses is mostly what is required. Couple the rebuild with a new controller and computer and new software is all that is left.

This Ferranti pictured is a great example. Retro 1985, this one has been in full daily use for 4 years after being completely rebuilt by M2M.

Shore A hardness rubber test

Here is another one of M2M's ingenuities. We measured 10 specific points at the end of this bumper, combing our rubber hardness gage and using a fixture that was positionally repeatable.

The challenges were not to get too close to the metal edge that it would distort the Shore A hardness readings. Capability studies were also introduced over 80 parts.

CMM measurements

We use a variety of measuring techniques and equipment to best provide you with accurate results for reverse engineering your product. Our services include CMM scanning, 3D scanning, and non-contact inspection. CMM measurements will yield the most accurate results, followed by laser and optical methods.