Renishaw has further extended its solutions for checking the alignment and positioning performance of machine tool rotary axes with the launch of its new off axis rotary software for its XR20-W rotary axis calibrator. The new software for the highly successful XR20-W now allows it to be used to measure the rotary positioning accuracy of an axis on many configurations of five axis machine tools, where the XR20-W often cannot be mounted on the centre of rotation. Together with Renishaw’s existing AxiSet Check-Up system, which provides machine users with a fast and accurate health check of rotary axis and pivot points, users now have comprehensive tools to identify errors with their rotary axes. With the new ‘off axis’ test capability, users can now test more types of machine tools than was previously possible with XR20-W, giving a better return on investment and, in the case of service companies, offering a more attractive service to their customers. The XR20-W rotary axis calibrator combines with Renishaw’s XL-80 laser interferometer to allow rotary axis positioning performance to be measured with ± 1 arc sec accuracy.
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