Chapter 6 Squareness Measurements in a Horizontal Plane
Mounting and Aligning the Reflector for the First Axis Measurement
Measurements Reference Guide 6-17
Mounting and Aligning the Reflector for the
First Axis Measurement
This section explains how to mount and align the reflector for first axis
measurements for machines with a horizontal or vertical spindle.
Mounting the reflector
To assemble and mount the reflector on the machine, follow these steps:
1 Assemble the reflector and its mounting hardware as shown in Figure 5-8.
Position the reflector so the slot is closest to the top edge.
2 Place the reflector assembly on the target machine as shown in Figure 6-4
or 6-5.
Aligning the reflector
Before using the following procedures, make sure that:
• the turret ring on the laser head is set to OTHER,
• the small opening is in place over the upper aperture
• the scribe line on the interferometer’s bezel is perpendicular to the
optical square’s slot, and
• the optics are at the start position.
To align the reflector, follow these steps:
1 Move the optics close enough together so that the two dots pass through
the slot on the optical square on the side facing the interferometer.
2 Place the reflector at the end of the second axis (Figure 6-4 or 6-5).
3 Move the reflector back and forth or side to side until the two beams from
the optical square overlay the midpoint notches on the reflector.
The dots overlay the notches the same as they did on the optical square
when you were aligning it (Figure 6-8).
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