Digital Metrology Solutions' TraceBoss Plus in action
Digital Metrology Solutions has launched its TraceBoss+ software. The latest technology builds upon its predecessor by integrating surface texture and crosshatch measurement capabilities into a singular package. According to the measurement software developers, this update has been hotly requested by its customers.
Key information:
- Digital Metrology Solutions announces its TraceBoss+ software.
- The new launch builds upon the TraceBoss by integrating surface texture and crosshatch measurement capabilities.
- According to the developers, the new software will be ideal for users that work with engine components.
The TraceBoss+ software claims to interface with most portable surface roughness gages. This allows users to take a measurement, view the results on a full screen, save the data, and then reload it again to make comparisons and for statistical process control. According to the developers, the software reports the most common roughness parameters and shows the user whether a surface either passes or fails predetermined limits.
“Last year Digital Metrology's TraceBoss software changed how people see, save, and understand data from surface roughness gages,” said Mark Malburg, President of Digital Metrology. “Since then, we’ve had many requests to add crosshatch measurement to the software, as well as the ability to view torn and folded metal, a key indicator of how a honing process is running. TraceBoss+ adds both of these functions, as well as introducing new tools to analyse, save, store, export, and output all of these results together. This complete toolset greatly helps anyone working with engine components to see their data and explore their surfaces.”
The added crosshatch functionality allows the user to acquire an image of the surface texture from any USB-equipped microscope. This should result in the user almost instantaneously obtaining the crosshatch angle, and then they should be able to use the zoom and pan functions to navigate through high-resolution image data, allowing them to review the cleanliness and consistency of honing processes. The crosshatch angle information is also added to the parameter results, so both the data and image can be output along with surface roughness data within a single file. Additionally, data can be printed in a report.
“When we released TraceBoss, we knew we’d given surface roughness gage users a powerful tool for understanding surface texture,” said Malburg. “Now, TraceBoss+ goes many steps further, putting surface roughness, angle, and quality analysis in one easy interface.”