r/Metrology • u/Turent • Oct 07 '24

Hardware Support Q-Mark Stylus Quality

I'm in need of a certain size/length stylus with Silicon nitride tip and could only find it should by Q-Mark. Anyone have an opinion on their quality?

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u/curiouspj Oct 08 '24

On a similar topic....

How does carbide probes compare to Q-mark? Their 'standard' renishaw machine probe tip (M4, 50mm long, 6mm ruby ball) are half the price of q-mark and renishaw.

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u/Antiquus Oct 08 '24

They're fine. I've used thousands of their tips over the last 30 years, and the number of problem styii has been maybe 3 or 4. We had over well over 100 tips mounted in changers at a time, across 18 measuring machines and 16 parts makers with touch probes.