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The Ideal Choice for Measurement Tasks

As more and more consumers demand shorter delivery times for customized products, productivity has become a key driver for enhancing the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. To maintain a leading edge in competition and support efficient production while reducing product defect rates, manufacturers need to possess higher technical capabilities in critical production processes, among which the detection capabilities of measurement equipment are one of the key nodes for achieving efficient production.

To meet the detection requirements of each manufacturer, Hexagon has introduced a variety of sensor solution combinations based on the market-validated GLOBAL system platform, striving to provide customers with various CMM configurations tailored to specific detection challenges for efficient measurement in a wide range of applications.

Targeting specific needs, flexibly adjusting configurations

The GLOBAL coordinate measuring machine, as one of the most powerful and versatile measuring devices on the market, widely adopts Hexagon's advanced technology and can cover almost all measurement application scenarios.

To further better serve customers and help partners quickly locate suitable measurement solutions, Hexagon has developed various application function packages based on an excellent measuring machine platform, each function package forming a complete solution to meet specific detection requirements such as efficiency, accuracy, reliability, flexibility, and automation, without considering the size or weight of the parts. This future-oriented modular concept achieves flexible, cost-optimized system performance, capable of adapting to the ever-changing needs of manufacturers now and in the future, ensuring that GLOBAL CMIM is a future-proof investment.

GLOBAL Touch+ Suitable for High-Precision Trigger Measurement Needs of Size Features

GLOBAL Touch+ paired with Hexagon's automatic indexing measuring seat and high-precision 6-axis trigger probe allows for flexible positioning during the measurement process, enabling rapid measurement of dimensional information for workpieces of different shapes.

In addition, the multi-port module replacement frame allows for quick and repeatable replacement of probe modules with different trigger forces and probe configurations, and no recalibration is required after replacement, further simplifying the measurement cycle.

GLOBAL Scan+ Suitable for Efficient Scanning Measurement Needs of Shape Features

GLOBAL Scan+ adds contact scanning to potential application scenarios. Through contact scanning, a large number of surface points can be captured in a short time, allowing for highly accurate shape and profile measurements of parts.

GLOBAL Scan+ combines contact scanning capabilities with the flexibility of automatic measuring seats. The scanning probe can be positioned at different spatial angles, easily measuring more complex workpieces. The accompanying probe replacement frame allows for quick changes in probe configurations during the measurement program while ensuring accuracy and reliability, thus speeding up the inspection process.

GLOBAL Optics Suitable for High-Precision Rapid Measurement Needs of Sensitive Material Workpiece Surface Profiles

GLOBAL Optics is equipped with a confocal white light sensor, making it an ideal choice for measuring transparent workpieces, sensitive materials, or special-shaped surface profiles.

The 2.5° indexing measuring seat provides good accessibility for measuring part features from almost any angle and direction, achieving optimal alignment between the confocal white light sensor and the measured surface. In addition, combined with Hexagon's automatic replacement frame, different sensors can be easily switched on the indexing measuring seat, maximizing the multi-sensor flexibility of the CMM.

GLOBAL Speed Suitable for Rapid Measurement of Entire Surface of Parts or Reverse Design Needs

GLOBAL Speed is equipped with Hexagon's cutting-edge laser scanning sensor HP-L, which combines unparalleled speed, accuracy, and flexibility, simplifying the complete non-contact point cloud capture of freeform surfaces. The Hexagon HP-L laser scanning sensor can capture up to 600,000 points per second, allowing for rapid high-precision extraction of point clouds from the entire surface of parts, ranging from complex-shaped housings to turbine blades. The point cloud data can then be compared with the CAD of the workpiece for deviation analysis or directly used for reverse design.

The indexing measuring seat ensures that the sensor is always optimally aligned with the surface of the measured workpiece, while the automatic sensor replacement frame allows for fully automatic exchange between laser sensors and other contact or optical sensors during the measurement program.

Technical Features

01 Classic Mechanical Design

The granite base and integrated dovetail guide ensure the long-term stability of the system and the consistency of accuracy across the entire measurement range.

02 Temperature Compensation

Through the grating system and temperature sensors on the workpiece, measurement deviations caused by temperature changes can be compensated in real-time, ensuring reliable measurement results.

03 Real-Time System Monitoring

PULSE enables users to monitor and record the environmental conditions around the CMM and receive real-time information.

04 High Speed and Safety

Continuous monitoring of the area around the CMM allows for worry-free high-speed measurements in CNC mode. When a user or object enters the protected area, the machine will automatically slow down.

05 Precision Triangular Beam

Compared to square or rectangular beams, this design has a higher rigidity-to-mass ratio, achieving high dynamic characteristics and high-speed measurements.

06 Extended Operating Temperature Range

Reduces the impact of environmental temperature changes on measurements. The temperature operating range (15-30°C) can be extended, allowing the CMM to operate closer to the production line without the need for expensive measurement rooms.

07 Message Light

Allows operators to monitor the machine's status even from a distance, optimizing time and resource management.

08 Preloaded Air Bearings on Each Axis

The non-contact, low-friction, and low-wear operation mode ensures positioning accuracy during high-speed operation, thereby reducing measurement uncertainty.

09 Low-Maintenance Belt Drive System

Flat belts and V-belts ensure smooth and low-vibration axis movement.

10 Multi-Sensor Versatility

Multiple types of sensors, including triggering, scanning, white light, laser, and imaging, can be configured simultaneously or separately to handle different measurement tasks, and automatic switching between different sensors can be achieved during the measurement cycle.

11 High-resolution grating scale

Using advanced high-resolution grating scales, with a thermal expansion coefficient certified by PTB, the system's maximum resolution can reach 0.005um.

Machined parts	Injection molded parts	Hinge connector

	Automatic rotating measuring seat equipped with a 6-direction high-precision triggering probe Can perform comprehensive high-repetitiveness measurements on workpieces. Quick measurement of complex geometric shapes with hard-to-reach measurement locations.
	Flexible probe module replacement rack Automatically replace probe modules in the measurement program without recalibration, allowing configuration adjustments based on applications.

Housing	Transmission case	Engine cylinder block

	Contact scanning probe installed on the automatic measuring seat Flexible sensor positioning function, enabling fast and accurate profile and shape measurements.
	Probe replacement rack outside the measurement space Achieve automatic replacement of probe suction cups without affecting the size of the measurement space.