Duramax grid plate options

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Recently I have transitioned from using a Contura to now only using a Duramax. Fixturing with grid plates on the Contura provided us with a lot of options due to the size of the granite. Now with the smaller work area I am struggling to come up with a good all around plan for the inspection area of the Duramax.

Our work area is 20"x20"x20" and I am hoping to cover that area with a metric grid plate with M6 threaded holes.

Does anyone have any recommendations or particular products that work well? I have looked at Rayco, Inspection Arsenal & Renishaw.

Rayco has some odd sizes - either too small where we lose precious space or just too big.
Inspection Arsenal's Loc-N-Load is top of the list right now but when bolting to the table, I will lose inspection area. They do suggest using double sided tape, but I am unsure about that.
Renishaw also has odd sizes.

We are pretty committed to the grid plate and due to the parts we inspect, the current M10 hole orientation on the duramax won't cut it.

Thanks ahead of time

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I use inspection arsenal with the docking rail mounted on the back row of holes. I have my reference sphere (Tilt:180 Rotation: 0) mounted on a 6x6 plate that I can move into the center position to qualify my probes.

Here's a video of 2 machines I had set up in our booth at IMTS 2014
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ao0fMwRu8Hq4hEpqW63 ... Y?e=q6HU2M

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My two favorite systems are Inspection Arsenal's Lok n Load(LnL) and Inspection Engineering's Omni. The Renishaw is just not as modular as the other two. The Renishaw we have here is... somewhere? Not sure where. 🤣 Though Renishaw has a new QuickLoad system that looks interesting.

Unfortunately the Omni page has some neat pictures, but no catalog link?
https://inspectionengineering.com/omni- ... -products/

Having used both I'm not sure which I would pick. Depending on the kit, both can handle large and small setups.

Swapping out plates is quicker with the LnL, with the caution that unless the double-sided tape or other method is used a plate can be carelessly shifted. Why they don't have tapped holes in the docking rail to secure the plate is beyond me. It was convenient to load a heavy part on a plate at the edge of the granite and slide it into the dock.

Omni bolts down to a subplate or proprietary rails. Swapping out plates is easy. I can leave a setup on plates, swap out plates, swap back in the time it takes to loosen and tighten 4 bolts.

[[Ke...]]

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This is the exact information I needed, thank you. Just to confirm, you have the docking rails secured with M10 button head screws and not the double stick tape method?

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That is correct. Not a fan of double-side tape for that function but I guess it does work in a pinch.

Starting at around 0:14 in the video link in my earlier post, you can see the button head screws.

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I thought that was what I was seeing, I just wanted to double check. We are going with the metric set but ultimately think that this is what we need for our lab & new machine.