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9 3D Touch Probes
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9.5
9.7
General Information on Touch Probes
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TS 120 Triggering touch probe
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9-2
TS 630 Triggering touch probe
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lT 120 Touch probe for tool measurement
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9-3
Touch Probe Cycles in the MANUAL and
ELECTRONIC HANDWHEEL Operating Modes
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To select the touch probe functions..
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9-4
Calibrating a triggering 3D touch probe ...................................................................
9-5
Compensating workpiece
misalignment ..................................................................
9-7
Setting the datum with the 3D touch probe system
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Measuring Workpieces with a 3D Touch Probe
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9-14
Finding the coordinate of a position on an aligned workpiece
.............................. 9-l 4
Finding the coordinates of a corner in the working plane
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9-14
Measuring workpiece dimensions ..........................................................................
9-l 5
Measuring angles ...................................................................................................
9-l 6
Measuring with the 3D touch probe during program run
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9-l 8
Digitizing with a Triggering 3D Touch Probe (Optional)
.............. 9-21
Defining the digitizing range
................................................................................... 9-22
Input data ................................................................................................................
9-22
Setting
the scanning range
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.9-22
Line-by-line digitizing with Cycle 6 MEANDER
...................................................... 9-24
Contour line digitizing with Cycle 7 CONTOUR LINES..
....................................... 9-26
Input
data ................................................................................................................
9-27
Using Digitized Data in a Part Program
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Executing a part program from digitized data
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9-30
Measuring Tools with the lT 120 Touch Probe
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9-31
Calibrating the lT 120 ............................................................................................
9-33
Measuring the tool length .......................................................................................
9-34
Measuring the tool radius
....................................................................................... 9-36