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News Release from: ACI (UK) | Subject: 100S DRO
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2006
Third axis for low end DRO range
ACI (UK) has introduced a new level of simplicity and affordability to 'low end' digital readout (DRO) technology by adding third axis functionality to its highly successful Acu-Rite 100S DRO.
Measurement and control specialist ACI (UK) has introduced a new level of simplicity and affordability to 'low end' digital readout (DRO) technology by adding third axis functionality to its highly successful Acu-Rite 100S DRO With fully functional numeric keyboard, the uprated 100S is also presettable - its predecessor wasn't - yet is available at the same price
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is the latest in a recent series of DRO announcements concerning the ACI (UK) Acu-Rite and Anilam product ranges that have pushed the boundaries of DRO technology while retaining the products' established reputation for user friendliness at a competitive price.
With digital LED, the Acu-Rite 100S DRO's functionality - absolute/incremental display, instant inch/mm conversion, preset and zero rest capability, tool offset, instant radius/diameter conversion, multiple display resolutions, linear error compensation, message prompts, error checking and selection count direction - are complemented by the new SENC 50 and 150 precision glass encoders.
Developed at Acu-Rite's state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar manufacturing facility in the USA, SENC scales adopt a radically new construction process based around the use of reflective light (rather than that transmittive light) for measurement, using a reader head that is mounted on the scale's top face.
With advanced roller bearing technology for reduced backlash and greater scale travel life, the result is a high-precision glass scale that is more resistant to machine inaccuracies and vibration, and therefore more durable, than existing products but available at comparable cost.
SENC 150 is available in lengths of 50 mm to 3.4 m, while SENC 50 is available in lengths of 25 mm to 500 mm.
Both systems feature Acu-Rite's exclusive Position-Trac functionality that allows operators to accurately and quickly re-establish workpiece zero from any position after a power interruption.
Once power is restored, the DRO reads a line pattern on the glass scale to recall the last known zero.
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