Roundness Tester

A Roundness Tester is a measuring tool that uses the rotation axis method to measure the roundness error of a workpiece. The roundness tester is divided into sensor rotary and workbench rotary. During measurement, the measured part is installed concentric with the precision shaft system, and the precision shaft is equipped with an inductive length sensor or workbench for precise circular motion. The roundness meter consists of an instrument's sensor, amplifier, filter, and output device. If the instrument is equipped with a computer, the computer is also included in this system.

A roundness tester is a precision instrument used to measure the out-of-roundness of a rotating surface (shaft, hole, or spherical surface) of a component. There are usually two types: small desktop, where the workpiece is mounted on a rotating workbench and the measuring head is mounted on a fixed column; and Large floor mounted, with the workpiece installed on a fixed workbench and the measuring head installed on the rotating spindle. During measurement, the measuring head contacts the workpiece's surface, and the instrument's rotating part (workbench or spindle) rotates for one cycle. Due to the extremely high accuracy of the supporting bearings in the rotating part, the measuring head will generate a high-precision circular trajectory on the measured surface during rotation. The out-of-roundness of the measured surface causes the measuring head to shift and transform into an electrical (or pneumatic) signal. After amplification, it can be automatically recorded on a circular recording paper, and the out-of-roundness of each part can be directly read out for accuracy evaluation and process analysis and widely used in precision bearings, machine tools, and instrument manufacturing industries.

The Roundness Testeradopts a radius measurement method and operates in a rotating manner. The rotation axis system of the roundness meter adopts a high-precision air floating spindle as the measurement reference; The electrical part of the roundness tester is composed of advanced computers, precision circular grating sensors, and precision inductance displacement sensors. The circular grating sensors and precision inductance displacement sensors measure angle and radial displacement, ensuring the accuracy of measuring the angular displacement and radial value of the workpiece; The roundness meter measurement software adopts a roundness measurement software based on the Chinese version of WinXP operating system platform, completing data collection, processing, and measurement data management.