Equator System RENISHAW

The new Renishaw Equator™ is a versatile alternative to custom gauging, offering inspection of an unprecedented variety of manufactured parts. It has been developed and proven on the shop-floor in collaboration with industry-leading companies in multiple industries and applications.

Installation of Equator is possible in minutes, and re-configuration of the gauging system to cater for part design changes or to measure new parts is now possible in a fraction of the time taken with conventional custom gauging.

Form measurement - quantity equals quality

Simple fixture measuring The thousands of points collected during 3D scanning with the industry standard SP25 probe, results in better metrology and enables effective form measurement.

Every data point can be used for comparative measurement - one Equator can perform the same function of thousands of DTIs, LVDTs or handheld instruments.

Outstanding results in any climate - thermal stability

Equator process comparison The Equator's innovative gauging technology is based on the traditional comparison of production parts to a reference master part.

Re-mastering is as swift as measuring a production part and immediately compensates for any thermal effects, returning data that could have been collected in the temperature controlled quality room.

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Plug and play

plug and play The compact Equator gauging system is out of the box, up and running, in less than 20 minutes. The gauge weighs just 25kg, requires single phase power and no costly compressed air supply.

The intuitive operator front-end software requires little or no training and the optimised ratio of working envelope to machine footprint means Equator can be set to work in even the most crowded of factory spaces.

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Cost-effective

Equator applications With the flexibility to be used on multiple tasks, the purchase of an Equator gauge will see a fast return on investment.

Replacing manual measurement with an automated Equator gauging system can greatly increase throughput and reduce scrap rates, at a fraction of the cost of an equivalent custom gauging system, including associated fixturing.

With the Equator, your quality function can become as versatile as the machine.

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Data Sheet

Data sheet: Equator 300 gauging system - SP25/MODUS[4.9MB]

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Case stories

(IN705) Conroe Machine - Equator™ programmable gauges help create the ultimate automation cell for bearing machining and parts sorting
Conroe, Texas, USA – Conroe Machine is doing what most machine shops only dream of – hard turning a family of parts around the clock in an unmanned cell that operates a ‘self controlled’ process.
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(IN602) Case study: Euromould: Equator™ gauge: “As Quality Manager, it has quickly become the best investment we’ve made.”
David Powell, Quality Manager at UK-based Euromould Ltd, has been using Renishaw’s Equator flexible gauge to increase inspection capacity and portability, achieving an 85% reduction in the inspection time of injection moulded parts.
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(IN217) Case study: Kishan Auto - Gauging time and costs cut by 80% and accuracy maintained despite a 21°C range
Kishan Auto parts Pvt. Ltd., Rajkot (Gujarat, India) is a world leader in the manufacture of connecting rods for major names in the car, compressor, heavy commercial vehicle, tractor, marine engine and earth mover manufacturing industries. Kishan recently purchased a Renishaw Equator flexible gauging comparator, and have seen an immediate reduction in cost and gauging cycle times of more than 80%. Additionally, despite shop floor temperature variations of more than 21°C (43°F), measuring performance has been unaffected due to Equator’s unique comparator method which uses master parts calibrated on Kishan’s co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM).
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(IN215) Case study: Eponsa - “Equator™ could reduce waiting time to zero, it can gauge difficult features and the price is very competitive”
Eponsa, a manufacturer of automotive components located near Barcelona, Spain, has purchased a versatile and innovative shop-floor comparative gauge, the new Renishaw Equator, to check the quality of stamped parts and assemblies. This will reduce non-productive waiting times to a fraction of the time taken now, while maintaining the high quality and manufacturing efficiencies that are critical for the success of an automotive subcontractor. Other advantages for Eponsa are that Equator can scan the form of part features with its SP25 probe and change styli with the stylus change rack, included as standard, to check a large variety of parts.
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(IN111) Case study: Meyer Tool - Aero-engine component maker Meyer Tool “softens” up hard gauge costs with software-driven Equator™ gauge
A software-driven comparative gauge, Renishaw’s new Equator system is already starting to soften up the cost for numerous hard gauges at aero-engine component maker Meyer Tool, Cincinnati, OH. Meyer Tool designs, builds, and maintains dozens of these costly tools every year for in-process measurement.
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