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.
Claims20
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, and to receive timing data from the numerical controller of the machine tool,
- wherein the machine tool communication portion outputs the probe event information as digital data packets.
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 over a digital data bus, and to receive timing information from the numerical controller as digital data packets over the digital data bus,
- wherein the machine tool communication portion outputs the probe event information to the numerical controller as digital data packets over the digital data bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.