Machine tool apparatus
AssigneeRenishaw PLC
InventorsJohn Anthony Styles, Paul Anthony Taylor, Derek Marshall
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Abstract
A touch trigger probe interface for a machine tool is described that includes a probe communication portion for receiving probe event information from a touch trigger probe. A machine tool communication portion is also provided for outputting probe event information to a numerical controller of the machine tool. The machine tool communication portion outputs the probe event information as digital data packets, for example over a digital data bus. The digital data packets may include a time stamp and/or the touch trigger probe interface may receive timing information from the machine tool. A touch trigger probing system and a machine tool system including the probe interface are also described.
Claims21
A touch trigger probe interface configured to interface a touch trigger probe to a machine tool, the touch trigger probe interface comprising a probe communication portion configured to receive probe event information from the touch trigger probe and a machine tool communication portion configured to output probe event information to a numerical controller of the machine tool,
- wherein the machine tool communication portion outputs the probe event information as digital data packets comprising timing information about when a probe event occurred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.