ASME B89.4.19 Performance Evaluation Tests and Geometric Misalignments in Laser Trackers

Small and unintended offsets, tilts, and eccentricity of the mechanical and optical components in laser trackers introduce systematic errors in the measured spherical coordinates (angles and range readings) and possibly in the calculated lengths of reference artifacts. It is desirable that the tests...

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Main Authors: Muralikrishnan, Bala, Sawyer, Daniel, Blackburn, Christopher, Phillips, Steven, Borchardt, Bruce, Estler, W. Tyler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The National Institute of Standards and Technology 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Online Access:http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/114/1/V114.N01.A03.pdf