Software for DISTAX

DISTAX Datalink Plus is the software that outputs measurement results (measurement values, atmospheric temperature, atomospheric pressure, humidity, object temperature, measurement time) and records them on Excel spreadsheet. Data can be sampled every time the button is pressed, or at predetermined intervals, or automatically. In automated sampling, the software detects moving and stoppage based on arbitrarily set conditions, and captures the data at the instant of the stoppage. This eliminates errors due to reasons such as measurer-derived variation and achieves stable measurement.

DISTAX Manager is software that links with heavy duty equipment and executes various measurements, for example, normal measurements of pitch on one axis, and additionally, measurements of the yawing and pitching of the stage, pitch measurements after switching the three XYZ axes in the machining center and measurements of the angle indexing of the index table. It is also possible to easily centrally manage information about the type of device and the movable axis, such as the axial length and correction type. The software contains an NC error correction program, an ISO standard measurement program, a speed measurement program, and an angle measurement program, and by creating a measurement flow when linking to NC, the measurement is completed even when the operator is not present. 
In the NC error correction, of course there is a correction calculation according to NC, and by communicating with PLC, it is possible to enter the correction value automatically on the NC side. In addition, for ISO standard measurement, it supports the ISO 230-2:1988 and 2014 analysis/print formats required for export control files. As the printing of reports uses Excel, the data management is straightforward.

The DISTAX Dynamic 500 is software that enables direct observation of the actual vibration and displacement through high speed sampling of the displacement amount. The sampling speed is a maximum of 10 MHz, and it is possible to acquire a maximum of 15 million data points. (In the case of a two-axis simultaneous measurement, the sampling speed of each axis is a maximum of 5 MHz.)
Because of this, it is not possible to confirm with only a positioning precision measurement, but it is possible to analyze the overshoot when stopped and the speed unevenness, etc. A simple FFT analysis function is also included as standard, so it can also be used for vibration analysis. The measurement results can be converted into a CSV file, and it is possible to analyze them in Excel or deploy them in analysis software that can import the CSV file.