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News Release from: Renishaw
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Team on 31 October 2005
Metrology equipment makes Turkish debut
Renishaw is supporting its increasing commitment to the Turkish market by attending the Time exhibition being held at CNR Expo, Istanbul, from 1st to 4th December 2005.
Renishaw is supporting its increasing commitment to the Turkish market by attending the Time exhibition being held at CNR Expo, Istanbul, from 1st to 4th December 2005 Renishaw will be exhibiting in Hall 2, Stand E04
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 25 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Renishaw is taking this opportunity to introduce the Turkish market to a range of innovative metrology equipment, and to introduce visitors to Renishaw's new technical staff that have been recruited to supply local service and support to the growing base of Renishaw customers in Turkey.
With the rapid growth in Turkey's installed base of CNC machine tools, there is expected to be high levels of interest in products that improve the operating capabilities of these machines, including the OMP60 compact touch probe for machining centres and mill-turn machines, a new tool recognition system for high-speed tool breakage detection, new PC-based software for inspection on machine tools, and an ultra-compact high accuracy touch probe for small machining centres.
Other products of interest to Time 2005 visitors will include Renishaw's QC10 ballbar system for the fast analysis of machine tool performance, the ML10 laser interferometer measurement system for machine calibration, and a new angle encoder for precision position feedback on rotary axes.
Renishaw's new OMP60 touch probe is the first of a new generation of optical transmission products designed for compatibility with all current Renishaw optical receivers and next generation optical systems.
It brings the benefits of touch probes to a wide range of machine tools, offering users set-up time reductions of up to 90%, reduced scrap, reduced fixture costs, and improved process control.
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Also being shown at TIME 2005 is Renishaw's first PC-based inspection software for machine tools.
The Renishaw OMV (on machine verification) software is specifically written for machine tools, targeting the inspection of prototypes, complex and large parts, multi-operation parts, and die and mould parts, against original CAD data.
With a straightforward point-and-click approach, inspection could not be simpler.
By clicking various features on the modelled part, the inspection path is automatically generated.
Using Renishaw's nonlobing, high accuracy spindle probes such as the new compact OMP400, surface data is measured and sent to the PC, where powerful (CMM style) measurement algorithms process the data.
Also for visitors to Time 2005 looking to carry out on-machine inspection on high value parts, the new OMP400 touch probe from Renishaw should be of interest.
An innovative, ultra-compact strain gauge based touch probe for small machining centres, the OMP400 offers reduced set-up times, reduced scrap, reduced fixture costs, improved process control and high accuracy on-machine measurement.
Measuring only 40mm in diameter and 50mm in length, the OMP400 touch probe combines the miniaturisation of the highly successful OMP40 touch probe with new advances in strain gauge technology, pioneered by Renishaw's high accuracy MP700 touch probe.
For high speed tool breakage detection, Renishaw's new TRS1 system projects a beam of laser light at a tool and monitors the scattered light that is reflected to determine if the tool has been broken.
This new tool recognition technology distinguishes between the tool and coolant or swarf, whilst it is also fast and reliable under real machining conditions.
More reliable than conventional noncontact systems, the TRS1 comprises a single unit containing the laser source and detection electronics, enabling it to be mounted outside of the working envelope, safe from collision and saving valuable space on the table.
Since its launch some 10 years ago, the Renishaw QC10 ballbar has established itself as an industry standard system for rapid machine tool performance analysis and diagnosis.
Time 2005 visitors will see that the QC10 ballbar test typically takes about 15 minutes.
The ballbar attaches magnetically between the machining centre's spindle and table, and tracks machine movement to +/-0.5um.
A simple CNC circular program is run which allows the ballbar software to calculate machine circularity error, servo gain mismatch, vibration, stick-slip errors, backlash, repeatability and scale mismatch, as well as machine geometry.
Renishaw's ML10 laser interferometer measurement system is used by some of the largest OEMs and end users in industries such as metal cutting, semiconductor processing, flat panel display production and biotechnology.
The ML10's unique properties ensure that the system provides a linear position reading resolution of just 1.24nm, a range of up to 40m and accuracy better than 1ppm.
This combination of resolution, accuracy and range makes the laser interferometer an ideal tool for characterising the performance of motion systems, both large and small.
Visitors to Time 2005 requiring a precision motion analysis system should also evaluate QuickView, a new software package from Renishaw designed to make the ML10 laser an even more flexible and powerful analysis tool.
For years, electronic engineers have relied on oscilloscopes to study high-speed variations in voltage or current.
Now, QuickView software provides mechanical engineers with a similar capability, allowing them to study minute variations in linear or angular displacement, velocity or acceleration.
With a simple graphical interface QuickView allows very flexible operation, avoiding the need for predefined measurement targets and sequences - just point and measure, ideal for ad-hoc system investigations.
Offering high speed, noncontact performance, combined with advanced features including the In-Trac auto-phase optical reference mark, Renishaw's new Signum range of encoders, includes the high accuracy RESM optical angle encoder.
The RESM is a one-piece stainless steel ring with 20um graduations marked axially on the periphery, offering accuracy to +/-0.5arc-sec and resolution and repeatability to 0.02arc-sec.
It is highly suitable for visitors to Time 2005 involved with precision applications, including machine tool rotary axes.
The In-Trac reference mark is repeatable in both directions at speeds over 3600rev/min (52mm diameter) and up to 85C.
One of Turkey's leading engineering trade shows, Time is being billed by the organisers as the 3rd international manufacturing technologies show, and when last held in 2003, the Time exhibition attracted 26,000 visitors from 50 different countries.
The range of exhibits include machine tools, sheetworking machinery, EDM, CAD/CAM systems, electric motors, welding machinery, cutting oils and chemicals, measuring, control, NDT instrumentation, compressors and cutting tools. Request free introductory details about products from Renishaw ...
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