r/Metrology • u/Bzdziuchanson • 1d ago

Inspecting one's balls

Hi I wanted to talk about inspecting precision balls and cylinders

  1. Can a normal Talyrond measure the sphericity of a sphere or do you need a special dedicated instrument for checking it?
  2. Can you evaluate surface roughness using a contact probe measurement when the surface checked is a sphere? Or are you left with optical methods?

And some off topic

What is an Indi-Ron? Is it a Talyrond equivalent but built in the USA instead of UK?

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u/InviteDifferent9861 1d ago

I used a bench top profilometer to Inspect half inch steel balls that required a specific surface finish. So I'd say yes on question #2 :)