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Horizon coordinate measuring machine
Precise and fast measuring machine with linear motors enables efficient contact scanning and short commissioning. Its innovative design ensures excellent performance and reliability.
Aberlink Horizon CNC CMM
Aberlink Horizon sets a new standard for performance and measurement accuracy. It is designed to meet the most demanding metrological challenges by utilizing contactless linear inductive motor technology. Horizon is not only exceptionally accurate, but its technical implementation minimizes mechanical wear and maximizes repeatability, making it an ideal solution for critical quality assurance.
Innovative Linear Motor Technology
The core of Horizon’s performance is a linear inductive motor system. Unlike traditional power transmission solutions, Horizon has no mechanical contact or linkage between the axes. This “direct drive” eliminates hysteresis errors, backlash, and heat caused by friction, significantly improving the machine’s dynamic accuracy. Because there are no moving parts such as belts or screws, the machine’s metrological characteristics remain unchanged throughout its lifespan.
Extreme Accuracy and Stability
Horizon utilizes a fully balanced gantry structure and top-of-the-line air pneumatic suspension on all axes. This ensures smooth, vibration-free movement, which is critical when using sensitive scanning sensors. The device’s volumetric accuracy is class-leading (1,5 μm + L/250 mm), and it is optimized specifically for rapid 3D scanning, which requires high point density and extreme form measurement accuracy.
| Feature | Specification (Horizon 800 / 1000) |
| Operating Technology | Linear induction motors (Direct Drive) |
| Measuring Volume (X) | 800 mm / 1000 mm |
| Measuring Volume (Y) | 1000 mm / 1500 mm / 2000 mm |
| Measuring Volume (Z) | 600 mm / 800 mm |
| *Measuring Accuracy (MPEE) | 1,5 μm + L/250 mm (with SP25M sensor) |
| **Optimal Temperature Range | 18-22°C |
| Resolution | 0.0001 mm |
| Maximum Acceleration | 1020 mm/s² |
| Maximum Velocity Vector | 1020 mm/s |
| Compatible Sensor Heads | Renishaw PH10T, PH10M, PH20, REVO-2 |
| Table Material | Black Granite |
| Maximum Load | 1000 kg |
| Air Pressure Requirement | 50 l/min (5 bar) |
| Temperature Compensation | Automatic Multi-Point Valve |
*Maximum permissible error is defined within the temperature limits specified for the optimal temperature range.
**Installation environment temperature limits: Change rate <1 °C/h and <2 °C/24 h. Temperature gradient <1 °C/m.
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Newspaper articles: Wiremet, Machine courier 6/2021
Untouched Reliability
Linear motors are contactless, so they have no wearing parts, making them the perfect solution for CMM applications, which improves reliability and reduces maintenance.
Performance-oriented, highly precise
Horizon is a distinctive machine with fast, smooth, and quiet movement, which is ideally suited for touch scanning and whose initial accuracy is less than two microns.
