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  • M2 Styli 0.2mm to 0.8mm Ball

    Highly Spherical Ball Styli are the most common tips for use on CMMs with touch trigger probe systems. The sphericity of the ball and stiffness of the stem are critical for getting the most accurate measurements. The stylus is calibrated for exact diameter and then software compensation creates the measured point at the ball center instead of the surface in contact with the part.  

    The Styli on this page have 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm and 2.5mm ball diameters. All of these have a Tungsten Carbide stem that have the best stiffness to weight ratio except longer 2mm and 2,5 mm may be available in Carbon Fiber stem. Ruby is the most common, very spherical, physically hard and durable ball material. Ruby has exceptional hardness and wear resistance and is the most cost effective.   Silicon Nitride is very smooth surface that offers lower friction when scanning and does not accumulate material as ruby would especially when scanning aluminum   Zirconia is an extremely hard ceramic and has excellent wear resistance. This ball is ideal for scanning steel and cast materials   Diamond is the hardest material and due to the high cost is only for the most demanding scanning applications. Solid diamond is ground to grade 10 and is only available in a few sizes, Diamond coated are more cost effective and ground to Grade 5 – call for options and pricing

  • M2 Styli 1mm to 2.5mm Ball

    Highly Spherical Ball Styli are the most common tips for use on CMMs with touch trigger probe systems. The sphericity of the ball and stiffness of the stem are critical for getting the most accurate measurements. The stylus is calibrated for exact diameter and then software compensation creates the measured point at the ball center instead of the surface in contact with the part.   The Styli on this page have 1mm. 1.5mm, 2mm and 2.5mm ball diameters. All of these have a Tungsten Carbide stem that have the best stiffness to weight ratio except longer 2mm and 2.5 mm may be available in Carbon Fiber stem. Ruby is the most common, very spherical, physically hard and durable ball material. Ruby has exceptional hardness and wear resistance and is the most cost effective. Silicon Nitride is very smooth surface that offers lower friction when scanning and does not accumulate material as ruby would especially when scanning aluminum. Zirconia is an extremely hard ceramic and has excellent wear resistance. This ball is ideal for scanning steel and cast materials. Diamond is the hardest material and due to the high cost is only for the most demanding scanning applications. Solid diamond is ground to grade 10 and is only available in a few sizes, Diamond coated are more cost effective and ground to Grade 5 – call for options and pricing.

  • M2 STYLI 3mm to 4mm Ball

    Highly Spherical Ball Styli are the most common tips for use on CMMs with touch trigger probe systems. The sphericity of the ball and stiffness of the stem are critical for getting the most accurate measurements. The stylus is calibrated for exact diameter and then software compensation creates the measured point at the ball center instead of the surface in contact with the part.   The Styli on this page are 3mm and 4mm. Shorter lengths are most cost effective with Tungsten Carbide stem. Styli longer than 40mm are recommended to be with Ceramic or Carbon Fiber Stems.   Ruby is the most common, very spherical, physically hard and durable ball material. Ruby has exceptional hardness and wear resistance and is the most cost effective.   Silicon Nitride is very smooth surface that offers lower friction when scanning and does not accumulate material as ruby would especially when scanning aluminum   Zirconia is an extremely hard ceramic and has excellent wear resistance. This ball is ideal for scanning steel and cast materials   Diamond is the hardest material and due to the high cost is only for the most demanding scanning applications. Solid diamond is ground to grade 10 and is only available in a few sizes, Diamond coated are more cost effective and ground to Grade 5 – call for options and pricing

  • M2 Styli 5mm to 8mm Ball

    Highly Spherical Ball Styli are the most common tips for use on CMMs with touch trigger probe systems. The sphericity of the ball and stiffness of the stem are critical for getting the most accurate measurements. The stylus is calibrated for exact diameter and then software compensation creates the measured point at the ball center instead of the surface in contact with the part.   The Styli on this page have 5mm, 6mm and 8mm Balls. Shorter lengths are most cost effective with Tungsten Carbide stem. Styli longer than 40mm are recommended to be with Ceramic or Carbon Fiber Stems.   Ruby is the most common, very spherical, physically hard and durable ball material. Ruby has exceptional hardness and wear resistance and is the most cost effective.   Silicon Nitride is very smooth surface that offers lower friction when scanning and does not accumulate material as ruby would especially when scanning aluminum   Zirconia is an extremely hard ceramic and has excellent wear resistance. This ball is ideal for scanning steel and cast materials   Diamond is the hardest material and due to the high cost is only for the most demanding scanning applications. Solid diamond is ground to grade 10 and is only available in a few sizes, Diamond coated are more cost effective and ground to Grade 5 – call for options and pricing

  • M2 Economical STAINLESS Stem Styli 1.0 – 8.0 mm Ball

    Highly Spherical Ball Styli are the most common tips for use on CMMs with touch trigger probe systems. The sphericity of the ball and stiffness of the stem are critical for getting the most accurate measurements The stylus is calibrated for exact diameter and then software compensation creates the measured point at the ball center instead of the surface in contact with the part.

    The styli below are the only ones offered with a Stainless Steel stem. They are the lowest cost stylus and are limited to 1mm ball to 8mm ball and maximum length of 25mm.

    Ruby is the most common, very spherical, physically hard and durable ball material. Specialized materials like Silicon Nitride, Zirconia and even Diamond are used for specific materials measurement especially when physically scanning the material surface rather than taking discreet points.

  • M2 Stylus Extensions

    Extensions are designed to be to extend overall stylus length   Material options are Stainless Steel, Ceramic and Carbon Fiber   Stainless extensions are the least expensive, they are very stiff and the heaviest option.   Ceramic Extensions are also very stiff but, Light weight. They are the most brittle and can shatter in a probe crash   Carbon Fiber is used in the longest extensions, lightweight, stiff and will not break

  • M2 Disc Styli

    Disk Type Styli are for accessing the inside of deeper bores where angling a standard ruby stylus or using a  “Star” Stylus is not feasible.   Smaller disk stylus may have fixed stems up to 20mm long  while larger ones may require stylus extensions depending on measurement depth. Some disk styli also have top and bottom highly spherical balls used to probe undercuts and groove thickness within bores.   Most Disk options are available with M2 Threads though we have thread adapters to work with M3, M4 and M5 threaded probes . Disks may be calibrated on standard origin sphere and can be verified though use of a ring gage   Disc styli are available in various diameters and thicknesses and can be made from steel, ceramic, ruby or other materials. Disc styli are not generally recommended for use on machine tools.   Key:     A = Spherical Diameter   T = Thickness    L = Stem Length Sd =  Stem Diameter    Rt = Roller Thickness  

  • M2 Cylinder Styli

    Cylinder Styli are used for probing holes in sheet metal, pressed components and thin work pieces that cannot be measured easily with ball styli. In addition, Inside thread diameters can be probed and the center of tapped holes located. Though cylinders typically have a rounded end, but they cannot be accurately used in place of a spherical styli. Th exception is a  Precision Ball ended cylinder styli. There are only a few options but will allow  full datuming and proving in X, Y and Z directions thus allowing surface inspections to be carried out.   To calibrate a cylinder stylus, it’s important to modify the use of the Origin Sphere so the hemispherical end of the cylinder stylus is always above the equator of the origin sphere   Key:     D = Cylinder Diameter   L1 = Overall Length L2 =  Effective Working length

  • M2 Star Styli

    Star Styli are multiple ruby tips, usually a set of fixed identical Styli at 90 degree horizontal and single vertical orientation. They are for probing both vertically and horizontally from a fixed vertical probe sensor. Also they may be used to probe features inside a bore such as a shoulder or groove.   Star Centers are 4,5 or 6 way hubs that you can attach individual styli of your preference to each hub Swiveling Probe heads, Knuckles and Disk styli are used more commonly for the applications that star styli were originally designed for, though a star may still be the best tool for a particular application.  
  • M2 Point Styli, Knuckle Styli, and Adaptors

    Below are some options for Point Styli, Stylus Knuckles and stylus adapters for M2. Please contact Matt Bradley for any options on M2 specialty items you do not see here