D Touch Probes - HEIDENHAIN TNC 370 User Manual

9 3D Touch Probes
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9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.7
General Information on Touch Probes
............................................. 9-2
TS 120 Triggering touch probe ................................................................................ .9-2
TS 630 Triggering touch probe ................................................................................. 9-2
lT 120 Touch probe for tool measurement.. ...........................................................
.9-3
Touch Probe Cycles in the MANUAL and
ELECTRONIC HANDWHEEL Operating Modes
............................... 9-4
To select the touch probe functions ......................................................................... 9-4
Calibrating a triggering 3D touch probe .................................................................... 9-5
Compensating workpiece misalignment ................................................................... 9-7
Setting the datum with the 3D touch probe system .................................................
9-9
Measuring Workpieces with a 3D Touch Probe ............................
9-14
Finding the coordinate of a position on an aligned workpiece ............................... 9-l 4
Finding the coordinates of a corner in the working plane ....................................... 9-14
Measuring workpiece dimensions. .......................................................................... 9-l 5
Measuring angles ...................................................................................................
.9-l 6
Measuring with the 3D touch probe during program run ....................................... .9-18
Digitizing with a Triggering 3D Touch Probe (Optional)
.............. 9-21
Defining the digitizing range.. .................................................................................
.9-22
Input data ............................................................................................................... .9-22
Setting the scanning range ....................................................................................
.9-22
Line-by-line digitizing with Cycle 6 MEANDER ....................................................... 9-24
Contour line digitizing with Cycle 7 CONTOUR LINES ......................................... .9-26
Input data ................................................................................................................ 9-27
Using Digitized Data in a Part Program
......................................... 9-29
Executing a part program from digitized data .......................................................
.9-30
Measuring Tools with the TT 120 Touch Probe ............................
9-31
Calibrating the TT 120 ............................................................................................ 9-33
Measuring the tool length ....................................................................................... 9-34
Measuring the tool radius .......................................................................................
9-36
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