Renishaw SCP600 Manual

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Renishaw part no: H-1000-5097-03-A
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SCP600 stylus change port
Patents
EP 0243766 JP 2,545,082
EP 0388993 JP 2,539,824
EP 242747 B JP 3,018,015
EP 0392660 JP 3,101,322
EP 0544854 JP 3,294,269
EP 548328 B JP 3,279,317
EP 0501710 JP 2,510,804
Introduction
The stylus change port (SCP600) is a modular system, designed to allow
automatic stylus changing on a CMMs, for the SP600 analogue probe.
The primary purpose of the SCP600 is to improve fl exibility with the ability to
use and store longer styli and large star styli confi gurations.
The SCP600 ports are designed to be fi tted onto the Renishaw modular rack
system (MRS).
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1. MRS manual change rack
2. SCP600 stylus change port
Figure 1 - The MRS modular rack system
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