End-Scan Using a Ball Probe - Revision history

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‎Ensuring the Proper Ball Probe Offset Direction

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‎Ensuring the Proper Ball Probe Offset Direction

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‎Ensuring the Proper Ball Probe Offset Direction

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‎How To Use This End-Scan End Wall Technique

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‎How to Overcome Trouble With End-Scans

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‎About the Ball Probe End Scan technique

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‎Why the End-Scan technique is important

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‎How To Use This End-Scan End Wall Technique

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-With ball-probes end measurements, the direction you begin your first and last straight section straight section scan is very important.  It gives VTube the ball probe offset direction.<br><br>
+With ball-probe end measurements, the direction you begin your first and last straight section straight section scan is very important.  It gives VTube the ball probe offset direction.<br><br>
 Follow these rules to project the point in the proper direction along the centerline:<br><br>

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 * On the FIRST straight: The location of the first stripe must be as close as possible to the end - then scan away from the end.  Do not allow any stripe to be closer to the end point than the first stripe.
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 * On the LAST straight: The location of the first stripe must be as far as possible from the end - then scan toward the end.  Do not allow any stripe to be further from the end point than the first stripe.

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-With ball-probes, the direction you begin your first and last straight section straight section scan is very important.  It gives VTube the ball probe offset direction.<br><br>
+With ball-probes end measurements, the direction you begin your first and last straight section straight section scan is very important.  It gives VTube the ball probe offset direction.<br><br>
 Follow these rules to project the point in the proper direction along the centerline:<br><br>

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-With ball-probes, the direction you begin your first and last straight section scan is very important.  It gives VTube the ball probe offset direction.<br><br>
+With ball-probes, the direction you begin your first and last straight section straight section scan is very important.  It gives VTube the ball probe offset direction.<br><br>
 Follow these rules to project the point in the proper direction along the centerline:<br><br>

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 * Check the A End diameter to be sure it is close to the actual diameter.<br><br>
-* Open the end-scan tolerance in the MEASURE 2 tab of the Systems Option menu.  The default value is 0.039" or 1 mm.  You can open this tolerance as high as you wish - for example you could set it to 0.250" (6.35mm) or higher and always get a qualified end.  When you increase the tolerance, just take more care that you are collecting good end points.<br><br>
+* Open the end-scan tolerance in the MEASURE 2 tab of the Systems Option menu.  The default value is 0.039" or 1 mm.  You can open this tolerance as high as you wish - for example you could set it to 0.750" (19mm) or higher and always get a qualified end.  When you increase the tolerance, just take more care that you are collecting good end points.<br><br>
 * With tactile scans, it is possible to backup if you feel you have collected a bad point.  Just press the button for "Red Button Removes Points" in the measure collection window, and press the red button.  Then toggle the switch off to continue measuring.
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 * Align the probe the end of the tube as shown in the diagram below - take two points per quadrant.<br><br>
 * Press and release the green button for each measure.<br><br>
-* It is not necessary to take all four quadrants.  However, more are better if possible.<br><br>
+* It is not necessary to take all four quadrants.<br><br>
 *Press the RED button when you are finished collecting data.<br><br>
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 ===How to Overcome Trouble With End-Scans===