Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Touch Probe",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Manufacturingtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Mill-turn centre has 10kW of milling power from
Turning Technologies UK, which we summarised at the time by saying "As well as having two Y-axis turrets, a CNC mill-turn centre to be shown at MACH 2008, offers 10kW of milling power on every tool station for milling bar, billets or blanks".
A couple of weeks before,
we featured the news release Machine tool probes pocket guide published from
Renishaw: "A pocket guide for machine tool probes includes tool recognition system and high accuracy touch probes and details the latest hardware and software to maximise probing benefits".
In December 2007, we covered the news from Newall Measurement Systems
concerning its DP900 digital readout
- take a look at Powerful DRO has dynamic tool position display
which says: "A very powerful digital readout unit for manual lathe and milling machine applications offers dynamic tool position display and 4-axis (linear and rotary) simultaneous readout".
Take a look also at the news release from Blum Novotest, Probe offers multi direction measurement,
as well as Coordinate measuring arm uses laser scanning from Metris,
and Wireless probing controls chassis production from Renishaw.
See also:
Touch probe added to non-contact measurement
(November 2007)
Adding a touch probe for 3D contact measurement to non-contact optical and laser measurement makes this system a truly compact multi sensor machine, said its supplier
Machining centre mills to nano level accuracy
(November 2007)
Fitted with systems to control machining vibrations a high accuracy, vertical machining centre is claimed to mill small plastics injection moulds to nano level accuracy
Manual coordinate measuring arm is lightweight
(November 2007)
A highly accurate, portable, manual coordinate measuring arm can be put to work just as easily in the metrology laboratory as on the shop floor
Touch probe has radio signal transmission
(November 2007)
A compact, high accuracy touch probe with radio signal transmission, offers all the benefits of automated job set-up, and measures complex 3D part geometries in all sizes of machining centres
Measuring arm is highly accurate
(October 2007)
A highly accurate and easy to handle manually operated coordinate measuring arm can be equipped with a variety of touch trigger and laser scanning probes
Robot cell fettles and finishes rotor cases
(October 2007)
A robotic cell has replaced labour-intensive fettling and blending operations on pump rotor case inlet and outlet ports, reducing labour and improving the working environment
Non-contact system outperforms CMMs
(September 2007)
A turnkey non-contact inspection system is claimed to outperform coordinate measuring machines by an average of 8 to 1 in terms of inspection speed and offers greater accuracy
Non-contact tool setting system introduced
(August 2007)
German metrology manufacturer will show a non-contact tool setting system, touch probes, tool length setting probe and software for in-process workpiece measurement at a UK GTMA event
Turned parts company grows by one-third
(August 2007)
A subcontractor operating 16 CNC sliding head and two fixed head CNC automatics has grown its turnover by one-third since its move to a new factory in 2004
Laser scanner checks complex mouldings
(August 2007)
User of spray painting on plastics injection moulded parts with complex shapes and freeform surfaces will use a very fast laser scanning system to improve the quality inspection
Encoders major on raising machine tool accuracy
(July 2007)
To show the difference in resulting machining accuracy between using and not using linear encoders will be the main feature of Heidenhain's demonstrations at EMO 2007
Machine replaces manual aircraft panel inspection
(July 2007)
A machine that checks the profile and hole positions in sheet aluminium components to within +/-25 microns has replaced the slow and inaccurate inspection of flat components visually in foil lofts
One scanner makes BLISK measurments fast
(July 2007)
Machining a BLISK is one thing, but measuring it afterwards is awkward, but a UK gas turbine maker now scans them using one scanner instead of a number of CMMs
Probe and sensor firm offers free EMO entry
(July 2007)
Europe's largest international machine tool exhibition takes place in September 2007, and a manufacturer of sensos, probes and scanning equipment is offering free entry tickets
Manufacturing benefits from faster measurements
(July 2007)
Speed is the important factor in measurement and in imoroiving machining times, such as using a compact laser interferometer measurement system or a 5-axis head for CMMs
Machine tool setting, probing are cableless
(July 2007)
By using an aoptical receiver in a tool setting probe and a touch probe mounted on the machine tool's spindle, the operations can be carried out without awkward cables
Measurement system firm shows winning bobsleigh
(June 2007)
Renishaw will be exhibiting its range of measurement systems at EMO 2007, and also the bobsleigh they helped manufacture for Sandra Kiriasis, the Olympic women's two-person bobsleigh champion
Twenty years of 3D laser scanners
(June 2007)
Laser Design has celebrated twenty years of supplying 3D laser scanners for aerospace, automotive and electronics companies, as well as medical devices and reverse engineering solutions
Cableless tool setting for machine tools
(May 2007)
Renishaw has introduced a twin probe system offering users automated on-machine tool setting, tool breakage detection, part set-up and part verification capability
Subcontract turning company expands services
(May 2007)
Subcontract machinist, Unicut Precision, acquired the loss-making subcontract turning company A J Clarke in December 2005, and has made it profitable
Camera-based co-ordinate measuring for car maker
(May 2007)
Bentley, the luxury car manufacturer, purchased a Venture 3030 camera-based co-ordinate measuring machine from Baty International
Metrology services expanded with portable-CMM arm
(April 2007)
GKS Inspection Services has purchased a Faro portable-CMM articulated arm to provide large part inspection, on-site laser scanning and dimensional inspection at its Minnesota office
Video measuring machine improves hand tools
(April 2007)
Stanley Tools' European test laboratory in Rotherham, UK has purchased an OGP 'SmartScope ZIP 250' video measuring machine, including a maintenance and servicing contract to improve tool quality
Existing clients maintain new CMM is fastest
(April 2007)
NVision has introduced MAXOS, the multi-axis optical CMM, offering a significantly faster way to measure high-value precision components in an automatic production environment
Portable on-site scanning and inspection
(April 2007)
GKS Inspection Services has purchased a fourth Faro Platinum portable-CMM articulated arm to increase the capacity of its Detroit-area dimensional inspection services
3D Laser Scanner aids research
(March 2007)
Groundbreaking research at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Transportation Institute is using Laser Design technology
One-hit machining on complex components
(February 2007)
'One-hit' single machining cycles on very complex components has won Unicut Precision a long-term contract to produce batches of 250 flow control bodies
Range of multi-sensor measuring machines
(January 2007)
OGP UK will demonstrate a full range of multi-sensor measuring machines at the MDT 2007 exhibition to be held at the NEC Birmingham between 14th and 15th February 2007
More features in CNC make use easier
(January 2007)
Added to an existing CNC are an adaptive feed rate control, global programming settings and expansion of the DXF converter to improve ease of operation
On site inspection services for Toledo
(January 2007)
GKS Inspection Services, a division of Laser Design, is expanding its area of on-site services coverage to the Toledo market
Subcontract machining gets non contact inspection
(January 2007)
Unicut Precision has ordered an OGP SmartScope Flash 200 fully integrated touch probe and non-contact video 3-D inspection centre for its Welwyn Garden City subcontract machining operation
Metrology for high speed auto production
(November 2006)
Renishaw, will be showing new technologies that allow motorsport companies to carry out high speed manufacturing and product development at Autosport Engineering
Wire EDM machines have digital generator
(November 2006)
Wire EDM machines provide exceptional performance - Ra 0.1 micron surface finish; removal rates in excess of 300mm2/min using 0.33mm wire - and have a powerful digital generator
Robot cell adds polish to pump manufacturer
(October 2006)
Investment rewarded with reduced manpower requirements and improved working environment