Machine & Tooling
Machines: Special Pricing on limited models in stock. This program offers our customers the ability to buy select new in the box or floor model machines at used machine prices. All new machines come backed with a Methods warranty (1-year parts / labor). All warranty labor must be provided by and Authorized Methods office or distributor. Used machine warranty determined upon request. Machines are sold FOB current location. This offer is valid for the USA, Canada-(Except Matsuura and Nakamura), Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica territories. Images are for reference only. Availability subject to prior sale.
Tooling: Discounts for in-stock tooling while supplies last. Factory warranty applies to purchased tool holders. Does not apply to special order or unique components, please ask for a quote on non-stock items. Click here for tooling specials!
VisionGauge
New from Methods Machine Tools, Inc.: VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators.
Compared with traditional optical comparators, VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators are competitively priced and offer numerous benefits. VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators:
- Available in both a horizontal and vertical configuration
- Produce a very high contrast image with very sharp edge profiles so that there is no problem viewing it in full daylight
- Are much more accurate
- Allow the user to be much more productive and get more work done with a single machine
- Work directly with the CAD data so that no overlays / templates / MylarsTM are required
- Can be used to collect images (either with or without the CAD data overlay and with or without annotations), measurements and data.
- Can also carry out fully automated measurements (like a video CMM)
- Have a smaller footprint and use less floor space
- Can be moved much more easily and without requiring re-calibration (i.e. "rolling cart" configuration is standard)
- Have a much greater optical depth of field, i.e. (everything is in focus all at once)
- Have a longer optical working distance (i.e. more clearance between the part and the lens)
- Allow you to compare a part to its CAD data beyond the optical field-of-view! (because the CAD data tracks the part and follows the stage motion)
- Have LED illumination for very stable illumination over a 10 year life. No more bulbs to change!