Non-contact laser tool setter
Measure tool length and diameter, and detect breakage, without making contact with the cutting tool.
- Non-contact laser measurement
- Tool length and diameter
- Tool breakage detection
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| Principal application | High-precision, high-speed non-contact tool setting and tool breakage detection on all sizes of vertical and horizontal machining centres,multi-tasking machines and gantry machining centres |
| Laser beam alignment | The unit is supplied with an adjustable mounting plate on the underside |
| Cable(to interface) | Hard-wired systems: cable on the end of the unit. |
| Sealing | IPX8 |
| typical repeatability | ±0.1 µm 2σ |
| Repeatability | ±1 µm (2σ) |
| minimum tool or feature size | Ø0.1 mm orlarger |
| max tool or feature size | 86 mm, |
| minimum tool for breakage detection | Ø0.1 mm orlarger |
| power | 100 mA @ 24 V |
| output signal | No voltage solid state relay (SSR). Each relay may be normally open. Current (Max.) 50 mA, voltage (Max.) ±50 V |
| Storage temperature | ~10 °C-50 °C |
| Operating temperature | 5 °C-50 °C |
| Life | Tested to > 1 million on/off cycles |
| pneumatic supply | 4 mm Air pipe, 6.0 bar (87.02 psi) maximum 3 bar(43psi) min. |
| Cable | Ø6.0*8m (0.24 in) , two twisted pairs, two individual cores plus screen, each core 18 × 0.1 mm insulated |
| Mounting | M10 (3/8 in) |
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