Touch Sensor (Option) - Sony Magnescale LH51 Instruction Manual

5-7-2. Touch sensor (option)

• Attach the Touch sensor on the main spindle of a milling machine, for example, and use it in
• The feeler ball of the Touch sensor is semi-fixed by a spring and its flexible construction can
• The feeler ball, which has been forced aganist the workpiece, returns to the center of the axis
• Move off the Touch sensor immediately from the workpiece when it touches the workpiece.
• The Touch sensor can operate only with an electroconductive workpiece. Check the workpiece
combination with the display unit.
absorb shock when pressed against the datum plane, which enables accurate datum point
detection without causing a deflection on the axis.
when the workpiece is moved off.
Do not bring the shaft into contact with the workpiece as doing so will decrease precision and
may cause damage.
material before use.
Feeler
Feeler (steel ball)
Corresponds to tool center
Shank
Connector to Touch Sensor
Cable
Connector to display unit
Touch sensor
Direction of movement
Bring it into contact
Workpiece
ø10
Datum point
Machine table
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