Software develops probing routines

Software can be used to develop probing routines for contact and non-contact laser probes, including tool setting, tool breakage detection, part set-up, part inspection and probe qualification.

Productivity+ Active Editor Pro is part of Renishaw's latest generation of easy-to-use probing and process control software, which targets all machine tool probe users.

It can be used to develop probing routines for both contact and non-contact laser probes, including tool setting, tool breakage detection, part set-up, part inspection and probe qualification.

The all-in-one, independent software produces probing cycles remotely from the machine tool, via a CAD interface that allows features to be identified with a single click, and a drag-and-drop interface that uses the measured data to update machine parameters.

It removes the need for specialist knowledge of probing macro commands, which vary by machine controller.

The full range of standard prismatic features are supported using the same intuitive GUI and programming structure as the other editor products in the Productivity+ range.

Using Productivity+ Active Editor Pro, existing machine programs for cutting cycles can be read and probing routines added at the correct point in the program, removing the need for cutting and pasting into text editors or on machine editing.

Features can be selected directly from an imported CAD model, making the generation of probing cycles easier.

For users without an existing CAD system, it allows the design of probing cycles using dialogue-based feature selection.

The software provides feedback throughout, to ensure that the program is right first time.

Once the programs are complete they may be fully simulated to identify errors and detect potential crashes, and then post processed for various control systems.

Users can program and prove-out even complex probing operations, eliminating costly accidents that can arise with macro programming.

It operates with the Parasolid format.

Postprocessors are available for Fanuc-type, Heidenhain and Siemens controllers.

The result is a fully integrated metal cutting and probing program, which allows logical decisions to be taken by a machine tool based on data collected, giving confidence for lights-out unattended operation.

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