Ballbar 20 (V5.09.04) is the current software shipped with all Renishaw’s QC20-W ballbar kits, allowing fast machine tool performance testing and analysis. It is also compatible with QC10 ballbars (when used with suitable PC operating system software) so users can run a single software programme even if they use both QC10 and QC20-W ballbars. This latest version has been enhanced to give even greater flexibility for testing and reporting.

New capability includes: revised manuals now with full German language support; compatibility with Windows XP (SP2 or higher), Windows Vista and Windows 7 and; extended 64-bit support.
Renishaw has a policy of regularly updating its software to fix possible bugs, add functionality, extend language support, reflect changes in standards and respond to changes in Microsoft operating systems. To allow users to benefit from this flexibility, the software is now available as a free of charge download from Renishaw’s website or by contacting Renishaw directly for a CD version.

Renishaw’s QC10 and QC20-W telescopic ballbars have gained widespread recognition as one of the most practical methods of quickly checking machine tool positioning performance. The new QC20-W retains the QC10’s principle of a simple CNC circular program, and powerful analysis software. Together, these can quickly diagnose and quantify machine positioning errors including servo mismatch, stick slip errors, backlash, repeatability, scale mismatch and machine geometry as well as giving an overall circularity error value.

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