ZEISS MICURA
ZEISS MICURA
Sub-Micron Active Scanning for Compact, High-Tolerance Components
As engineering components shrink and manufacturing tolerances tighten, standard coordinate measuring machines reach their physical limits. The ZEISS MICURA is engineered specifically to bridge this gap, delivering high-end sub-micron accuracy for small, intricate, and complex parts without requiring an expansive facility footprint.
By pairing a highly rigid bridge design with gold-standard active scanning technology, the platform ensures complete data integrity across complex sub-millimetre features while maintaining outstanding inspection throughput.
Key Capabilities
Sub-Micron Measurement Precision
Featuring advanced four-sided air bearings and ultra-rigid ceramic guideways on all axes, the structural frame minimises friction and dynamic deflection, achieving an impressive measuring accuracy of less than one micrometer.
High-End Active Tactile Scanning
Unlike passive touch-trigger probes, the integrated active scanning system continuously tracks variable contours while capturing up to 500 measuring points per second. This enables rapid, continuous data-point gathering for complex geometric features like roundness, flatness, and profile tolerances.
Active Probing Force Regulation
The system features dynamic control of the probing force, allowing it to apply ultra-low contact pressure. This makes it ideal for measuring highly sensitive, thin-walled, or easily deformable materials without risking component scratching or structural distortion.
Micro-Stylus Configuration Compatibility
Optimised to support exceptionally small test spheres, the machine can deploy stylus tip diameters down to just 0.3 mm. This allows operators to accurately navigate tightly packed geometries, micro-threads, and complex internal channels.
VAST Navigator Technology
Equipped with intelligent speed-control algorithms that automatically configure the optimum scanning velocity based on the complexity of the part profile. The machine moves rapidly along straightforward surfaces and seamlessly modulates to a slower speed in areas requiring maximum precision.
Computer-Aided Accuracy (CAA)
Integrates real-time, computer-aided geometric error correction that actively accounts for dynamically induced inertia effects during high-speed travel, maintaining absolute data integrity across the entire 500 x 700 x 600 mm volume.
Why Choose ZEISS MICURA?
Uncompromised Small-Part Measurement Maturity
Large, heavy CMMs often struggle with structural inertia and stylus weight when evaluating tiny components. The layout of this system is precisely scaled for small, tightly tolerated workpieces, ensuring outstanding operational reliability and measurement maturity.
Maximised Measuring Volume for a Compact Footprint
High-accuracy metrology typically demands massive machine frames. The MICURA challenges this limitation by offering an expansive measuring volume relative to its external dimensions, allowing facilities to maximise tight laboratory or cleanroom floor space.
Thermal and Environmental Isolation
To ensure flawless stability during micro-measurement, the controller is housed completely separate from the CMM frame to eliminate heat transfer. Additionally, two integrated temperature sensors track the workpiece temperature in real time during the inspection cycle.
Active Vibration Damping Option
To safeguard sub-micron data collection from ambient environmental disturbances, the machine can be configured with integrated active pneumatic vibration isolation, effectively filtering out industrial floor vibrations.
Industry 4.0 & Real-Time Performance Tracking
Future-proof your quality data workflow with integrated compatibility for ZEISS Smart Services. This digital ecosystem enables production managers to monitor machine performance, environmental conditions, and operational metrics remotely on mobile devices in real time.
Ergonomic Operator Efficiency
Designed with daily shop-floor workflows in mind, the open-access workstation layout offers comfortable, unrestricted entry for part loading, fixture setup adjustments, and manual adjustments, which directly minimises user fatigue and handling risks.
Sensors
ZEISS VAST XT gold
A high-precision contact sensor with an integrated pivot joint, designed to capture continuous data paths across variable contours.
ZEISS VAST XTR gold
An active scanning sensor featuring a built-in swivel joint to measure complex angles without needing heavy, specialized styli.
Applications
Precision Optics & Micro-Mechanics
Deploying micro-styli to inspect small camera lens housings, watch components, and miniature gears where structural tolerances are measured in single-digit microns.
Medical Technology & Orthopaedic Implants
Utilising low-force active probing to verify the strict geometric profiles of miniature bone screws, artificial heart valves, and specialized surgical components without damaging polished surfaces.
Semiconductor & Electronics Components
Leveraging ultra-precise tactile tracking to inspect delicate sensor components, lead frames, connectors, and compact micro-assemblies with complete data security.
Aerospace Micro-Fuel Injectors & Valves
Utilising advanced stylus extensions to reach deep inside intricate miniature valve bodies and internal fuel injector channels for precise roundness and geometric verification.
ZEISS CALYPSO Software
Software for dimensional measurement technology
ZEISS CALYPSO enables fast and reliable measurement of standard geometries with intuitive inspection plan creation and automated probe path generation. Optional extensions support advanced probing and optimized measurement sequences, helping reduce inspection time and improve efficiency.
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