Fitting The Stylus And Captive Link; Screw Torque Values; Fitting The Stylus; Captive Link - Renishaw TS27R Installation Manual

Fitting the stylus and captive link

Stylus
Stylus
holder
2 mm A/F
1 .0 Nm – 1 .2 Nm
(0 .74 lbf .ft – 0 .89 lbf .ft)

Screw torque values

Tighten all the screws to the torque values shown, remembering to use the support bar whenever adding
or removing parts attached to the break stem . See page 3-9, "Break stem", for further information .

Fitting the stylus

The stylus is retained in the stylus holder by tightening grubscrew A .

Captive link

In the event of excessive stylus overtravel, the break stem breaks at its weakest point, preventing damage
to the probe mechanism .
The captive link connected to the probe and stylus holds onto the stylus, otherwise the stylus could fall into
the machine and become lost .
When a new captive link is fitted, it must be bent to accept screw C. See page 3-9, "Break stem", for
further information .
3-8 TS27R tool setting probe: System installation
Spanner 5 mm A/F
2 .5 Nm – 2 .7 Nm
(1 .84 lbf .ft – 1 .99 lbf .ft)
Break stem
A
TS27R
Captive link