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Team on 10 November 2005
Innovations for toolmakers on show at
EuroMold
Renishaw will be highlighting its powerful solutions for the die and mould industry when it attends EuroMold, which is being held in Frankfurt, Germany on the 30th November to 4th December 2005.
Promoted by the organiser with the concept 'From Design to Prototyping to Series Production', Euromould is the leading global show for mould making, tooling, design and application development In 2004, the show occupied 78,000sqm with over 1500 exhibitors and close to 59,000 visitors
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Exhibiting in Hall 8, stand number K48, Renishaw will use Euromould to focus on products that give increased productivity and quality for toolmakers.
These include TRS1, a new tool recognition system for high-speed broken tool detection, new PC-based software for part inspection on machine tools, and an ultra-compact high accuracy touch probe for small machining centres.
Visitors to Euromould will also be able to see Renishaw's revolutionary new enabling technology that will allow highly accurate, ultra high speed five-axis scanning measurement on co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs), highly suited to the rapid inspection of complex tools.
The new TRS1 broken tool detection 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.
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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 non-contact 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.
Also being shown at Euromould 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 non-lobing, high accuracy spindle probes such as the new compact OMP400 touch probe, surface data is measured and sent to the PC, where powerful (CMM style) measurement algorithms process the data.
The OMP400 touch probe from Renishaw is an innovative, ultra-compact strain gauge probe for small machining centres, offering 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 machine builders attending Euromould requiring precision motion analysis tools, QuickView is a unique software package from Renishaw designed to make their 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.
Launched at the recent EMO Hanover exhibition, Renishaw's ground breaking Renscan5 technology allows the development of a range of breakthrough five-axis CMM scanning products that will measure at speeds of up to 500mm/s, and virtually eliminates the measurement errors normally associated with existing three-axis scanning systems.
A five-axis system achieves this by allowing the lighter measuring head to perform most of the motion during inspection routines, minimising the dynamic errors caused when moving the larger mass of a CMM structure.
Visitors to Euromould will be able to see REVO the first product to take advantage of the new Renscan5 technology.
The first in a family of revolutionary measuring head and probe systems, REVO will maximise inspection throughput, whilst maintaining a high-level of system accuracy.
REVO uses synchronised motion when scanning to quickly follow changes in part geometry, without introducing its own dynamic errors.
This allows the CMM to move at a constant velocity along a constant vector whilst measurements are being taken, removing the inertial errors that result from acceleration of the machine during conventional three-axis scanning.
Euromould 2005 will showcase a range of technologies for the die and mould industry, including coatings, CAD/CAM software, model and prototype making, quality assurance, automation, rapid prototyping and tooling, and CNC machine tools. Request free introductory details about products from Renishaw ...
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