Measuring cycles - reduced setup times and improved quality
A common procedure during setup on CNC milling machines is the alignment of the workpiece parallel to the machine axes and determination of the zero point by scratching with a tool. This is an operation that takes some time, is prone to error and does not take the possible accuracy and precision of the CNC machine into account.
Setup in JOG mode - measuring for all cases
The calibrated probe makes contact with the clamped workpiece while using a suitable measuring strategy and the measured values are recorded. The control is responsible for the approach to the measuring points and the evaluation of the measured values and automatically calculates the position of the workpiece and the work offset from these values. There is no longer any alignment or scratching, the workpiece coordinate system is automatically adjusted to the machine coordinate system. This means that during linear movement, e.g. in the x-direction of the workpiece edge, the machine traverses parallel to this, even when the workpiece is clamped at an angle on the table.