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News Release from: Renishaw | Subject: Styli CD
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 January 2006
Free CD contains touch-probe styli
Renishaw offers free CD containing styli of interest to all users of touch probes, whether installed on coordinate measuring machines, CNC machine tools or portable measuring arms.
Renishaw is offering a free CD containing styli of interest to all users of touch probes, whether installed on coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), CNC machine tools or portable measuring arms For many years, Renishaw has supplied high precision stylus products, developed for touch probes, portable inspection devices, digitising and scanning applications
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 9 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The styli, which are also referred to as probe tips, are available with M2, M3, M4 and M5 thread mounts.
Entitled "Stylus Direct", the electronic catalogue contains hundreds of the most popular Renishaw styli and stylus accessories, from a range that totals over 6000 items.
Users of the CD can select items of interest and automatically email (or fax) a quotation request form to their local Renishaw distributor, based on their country of origin.
If users cannot find the stylus to suit a particular application within the CD catalogue, then the chances are that Renishaw may have already produced the stylus required, or can custom build it.
Users of the CD complete an electronic form detailing the specifications of their required stylus part, which is also automatically emailed to the nearest Renishaw office.
The CD includes an electronic copy of the latest printed catalogue, which contains advice on the selection of styli for a measurement application.
Renishaw advises that users should always select styli that will not compromise measuring performance.
The range includes balls with ISO 3290 grade five standard sphericity, ball materials to suit the specific application - ruby, silicon nitride and zirconia - and a range of stylus stem materials.
Recent additions include CF stylus extensions made from carbon fibre and titanium, which are thermally stable, with a low co-efficient of expansion, and lightweight, allowing fast machine speeds and improved measurement accuracy.
For users of Faro portable measuring arms, the catalogue contains styli that have been robustly designed to cope with the extra forces involved with a manually operated device.
The styli use fracture resistant grade five zirconia balls, which are bonded to high strength tungsten carbide stems with impact resistant adhesive.
These stems are then pressed into the steel stylus body for a virtually indestructible product. Request a free brochure from Renishaw ...
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