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June6,2011
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Recently,aflatnessmeasurementwasneededontwohalvesofanHPturbineshell
usingLEVALIGNsystem.Thetophalf(restingupsidedown)wasatypicalquickandeasy

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Thesecondhalf,wasnotsotypical.Thestudshadtoremainintheshellandthecustomer

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wonderedifourtoolcouldstilltakethemeasurementwiththelineofsightobstructionsforthe

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laserfromthestuds.TheanswerwasYES!

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TheuniqueInfiniSplicefeatureoftheLEVALIGNallowedforthistohappenwithout

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havingtoresorttocustombracketstoshootoverthetopofthestuds.InfiniSplice

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allowsformultiplesetsofmeasurementstobecombinedintooneunifiedmeasurement.This

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threeormorepointsmeasuredincommon.

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Itssimple.JustmeasureasmanypointsasyoucanwiththeLEVALIGNlaseremitterinthe
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Thenmovethelasertoanotherpositionandmeasureanypointsyoucouldntmeasurewith
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Nowmovethelaseryetagain,andrepeatmeasuringtheremainderofthepointsplusthree

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pointsfromeitherthefirstorsecondmeasurement.SeethethirdsetupinFigure4.This

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processcanberepeatedasmanytimesasneeded,hencethetermInfiniSplice.

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Justopenallthree(ormore)filesintheALIGNMENTCENTERsoftwareandtheyarethen

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instantlycombinedintooneunifiedmeasurement.Noneedtoselectthesplicepoints,the

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softwareknowswhichonestouse.Ifyoucanopenthreefiles,youcaninstantlysplicethem.

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Figure5showsthecombinedflatnessprofileofthelowerhalfoftheturbinecasing,takenin
spiteoftheobstructionspresentedbyallthestuds.

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