Talyvel software speeds up flatness checks

New software speeds up flatness checks on granite and cast iron surface tables

The Talyvel electronic level is widely used for checking flatness, straightness and level, but whereas its accuracy is well-proven, the manual recording of readings and subsequent calculations and graphing can be tedious and time-consuming.

Most manufacturers and users of surface tables require a faster method of assessment, as well as a method which eliminates the danger of human error in readings and calculation. Printed hard copies of calibration certificates are also a requirement these days, as permanent records to prove performance and accuracy.

The Talyvel and its software reduces the calibration time for a typical 1600x1000mm (63x39in) surface table to less than 20 minutes, including calculation of the result and printout, compared with a time of over two hours taken by a skilled operator using unaided methods.

The new software also allows the results to be presented in a variety of graphical and tabular forms and printed in the form of a certificate with a record of any additional measurement/environmental data.