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Styli Ball Materials – Silicon Nitride

It possesses many similar properties to ruby. It is a very hard and wear-resistant ceramic which can be machined into high precision spheres. It can also be polished to an extremely smooth surface finish. Silicon nitride does not have an … Continue reading

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Styli Grades

CMMs styli are supplied in different Grades.  With the increased use of very high accuracy CMMs, the specification of the stylus ball is a significant factor when calculating error budgets. Typically styli is supplied to Grade 5 standard. When precision counts. The sphericity … Continue reading

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