Measurement device for a machine tool
AssigneeRenishaw PLC
InventorDerek Marshall
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Abstract
A hard-wired measurement device is mountable within an enclosure of a computer-controlled machine tool. The device includes a measurement sensor for measuring objects, such as tools, within the machine tool enclosure and a hard-wired interface module for providing an electrical connection via one or more wires with an associated external interface located outside of the machine tool enclosure. The device further includes a wireless communications module that enables wireless communication with an associated wireless device, such as a spindle probe, located within the machine tool enclosure.
Claims20
A hard-wired measurement device for mounting within an enclosure of a machine tool, comprising;
- a measurement sensor for measuring objects within the machine tool enclosure,
- a hard-wired interface module for providing an electrical connection via one or more wires with an associated external interface located outside of the machine tool enclosure, and
- a wireless communications module enabling wireless communication with an associated wireless device located within the machine tool enclosure,
- wherein the hard-wired measurement device comprises a housing containing the measurement sensor, the hard-wired interface module and the wireless communications module, the housing being mountable within the enclosure of a machine tool.
A machine tool apparatus comprising a machine tool having an enclosure in which a workpiece can be machined and a hard-wired measurement device located within the enclosure, the hard-wired measurement device comprising;
- a measurement sensor for measuring objects within the machine tool enclosure,
- a hard-wired interface module for providing an electrical connection via one or more wires with an external interface located outside of the machine tool enclosure, and
- a wireless communications module enabling wireless communication with an associated wireless device located within the machine tool enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.