Hi Everyone,
I work for a mold shop which currently uses a Mitutoyo Strato-Apex CMM with MCOSMOS software for quality purposes, checking production parts is the main use but also mold parts and electrodes etc. when needed.
We are shopping for another CMM for "shop floor" use checking electrodes and mold parts mostly and maybe production parts when the quality department is overloaded.
The two machines we are currently looking at are:
-Hexagon/Brown&Sharp Global S Green 7.10.7
-Mitutoyo Strato-Apex 574
The two machines have some differences in specs between them, and the exact model we choose may change but that's what we're looking at right now.
We have been meeting with both companies and comparing the specs and features of the two machines and we have a pretty good handle on all of that, but one thing that has come up during these meetings is the choice of software.
Even though they are already familiar with MCOSMOS, our quality guys feel that PCDMIS has a better interface which would be more efficient for daily use, and that it seems to have more advanced "programming" functions available when it comes to using variables, loops and other advanced functions that they use for checks on the production parts.
Another possible benefit that has been brought up is the fact that PCDMIS is more common, with (according to Hexagon) 70% of all CMM's using it which could make it easier to find operators/programmers in the future.
The problem is none of us here actually have any experience with PCDMIS, so it's hard to decide if it really is that much better and if it's worth switching everything over.
We are fully willing to switch over our current Mitutoyo to PCDMIS software, along with whatever new machine we buy if we feel it's worth it.
Has anyone here used both softwares, and can give their opinion whether PCDMIS is easier to use and if it has better or more advanced features than MCOSMOS?
I work for a mold shop which currently uses a Mitutoyo Strato-Apex CMM with MCOSMOS software for quality purposes, checking production parts is the main use but also mold parts and electrodes etc. when needed.
We are shopping for another CMM for "shop floor" use checking electrodes and mold parts mostly and maybe production parts when the quality department is overloaded.
The two machines we are currently looking at are:
-Hexagon/Brown&Sharp Global S Green 7.10.7
-Mitutoyo Strato-Apex 574
The two machines have some differences in specs between them, and the exact model we choose may change but that's what we're looking at right now.
We have been meeting with both companies and comparing the specs and features of the two machines and we have a pretty good handle on all of that, but one thing that has come up during these meetings is the choice of software.
Even though they are already familiar with MCOSMOS, our quality guys feel that PCDMIS has a better interface which would be more efficient for daily use, and that it seems to have more advanced "programming" functions available when it comes to using variables, loops and other advanced functions that they use for checks on the production parts.
Another possible benefit that has been brought up is the fact that PCDMIS is more common, with (according to Hexagon) 70% of all CMM's using it which could make it easier to find operators/programmers in the future.
The problem is none of us here actually have any experience with PCDMIS, so it's hard to decide if it really is that much better and if it's worth switching everything over.
We are fully willing to switch over our current Mitutoyo to PCDMIS software, along with whatever new machine we buy if we feel it's worth it.
Has anyone here used both softwares, and can give their opinion whether PCDMIS is easier to use and if it has better or more advanced features than MCOSMOS?