DRO integrates contour control

For the first time ever, a digital readout offers the capability to program contours.

For the first time ever, a digital readout offers the capability to program contours.

This break-through DRO is the Heidenhain Positip (PT) 880 and is claimed to be unlike any other DRO on the market today.

Shown at MACH 2004 for the first time in the UK, the new PT 880 digital readout has an ergonomic design and its innovative contouring features allows users to program any two-dimensional part and graphically follow the cutting process on a large TFT colour monitor.

Through co-ordinated hand control on the two axes, parts with contours can easily be produced.

This is ideal for short runs where even simple controls costs thousands more.

The PT 880 is a full-featured readout, with six axes input for either linear or angular encoders.

As with all Heidenhain DROs, it is user friendly and designed to increase productivity.

The PT 880 is also the first digital readout that accepts absolute scale inputs in addition to either 11uA or 1V peak-peak inputs.

With absolute scales, the system always knows the position, and there is no battery backup or referencing necessary.

The inputs can be either linear or rotary or any combination.

The PT 880 comes standard with both lathe and milling software selectable through simple user selection.

A large memory is provided for stored programs.

As an option, a remote console is available for applications on larger machines.

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