37531922 - 10/2004 - heidenhain
37531922 - 10/2004 - heidenhain
37531922 - 10/2004 - heidenhain
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2.5 Measuring Workpieces with a<br />
3-D Touch Probe<br />
Introduction<br />
You can also use the touch probe in the Manual and Electronic<br />
Handwheel operating modes to make simple measurements on the<br />
workpiece. Numerous programmable probing cycles are available for<br />
more complex measuring tasks (see “Automatic Workpiece<br />
Measurement” on page 93). With a 3-D touch probe you can<br />
determine:<br />
position coordinates, and from them,<br />
dimensions and angles on the workpiece.<br />
To find the coordinate of a position on an aligned<br />
workpiece:<br />
Select the probing function by pressing the PROBING<br />
POS soft key.<br />
Move the touch probe to a starting position near the<br />
touch point.<br />
Select the probe direction and axis of the coordinate.<br />
Use the corresponding soft keys for selection.<br />
To probe the workpiece, press the machine START<br />
button.<br />
The TNC shows the coordinates of the touch point as datum.<br />
Finding the coordinates of a corner in the<br />
working plane<br />
Find the coordinates of the corner point: see “Corner as datum—<br />
without using points that were already probed for a basic rotation,”<br />
page 33. The TNC displays the coordinates of the probed corner as<br />
datum.<br />
HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 37<br />
2.5 Measuring Workpieces with a 3-D Touch Probe