What's the role of CNC machine tool probe?

Touch probes for CNC machines can measure and find the base position of the workpiece quickly and accurately, set or modify the workpiece coordinate automatically. CNC machine tool probe can also realize the on-machine detection of the corresponding machining parts through the network technology, and provide the corresponding machine tool measurement error compensation to ensure that the corresponding data of the workpiece reaches the standardized production

How does a CNC touch probe work?

After the CNC machine tool is produced, the CNC machine tool probe will measure and test the corresponding metal mold parts again through its own measurement software, and digitizing probe would display the corresponding measurement data into a digital report directly in front of the operator, and cnc digitizing touch probe automatically return the unqualified products for compensate processing and production to ensure a 100% pass rate of machine metal mold parts.

How to select CNC machine tool probe?

1. Enterprises can choose probes flexibly according to processing needs. In addition, the machine tool probe can also be selected according to the complexity of the processing. 2. As an important component of the machine tool probe measuring system, the stylus will directly affect the measurement results of the machine tool probe in cnc measuring. So companies can use the stylus as a reference when selecting probes in measurement touch probe.

What is a touch probe?

The CNC machine tool probe is a measuring device equipped on a CNC machine tool, and machine tool measurement can be installed on most CNC machine tools such as CNC lathes, machining centers, and CNC grinders. Without human intervention in the processing cycle, the size and position of the tool or workpiece are directly measured, and the offset of the workpiece or tool is automatically corrected according to the measurement result, so that the same machine tool can process more high-precision parts.

Touch Probe System
Radio Probe System OPS-30 Optical CNC Probe System Cable CNC Probe System Manual Probe
CNC Tool Setter System
Optical Tool Setter Radio Tool Setter Cable Tool Setter System
Probe Stylus
M2 Screw Probe Stylus M3 Screw Probe Stylus M4 Screw Probe Stylus M5 Screw Probe Stylus

CNC Machine Tool Setter System

Tool setter for CNC machining centers is an important operation procedure in CNC machining, and length tool setter's accuracy will directly affect the processing precision of spare parts and efficiency. Pioneer CNC machine tool setters are used for fast and automatic tool setting and tool breakage detection. The automatic CNC tool setter can work in harsh conditions in machine tools. Its tool setter probe can improve the accuracy of your workpieces and the productivity of your manufacturing lines, and cnc tool setting can avoid defective products. Pioneer cnc machine setter offers several series of tool setter systems--Radio tool setter system, optical tool setter system, and cable tool setter system. If you are looking for the right CNC tool setter, don't hesitate to contact us. As a professional CNC tool setting system provider, Pioneer is experienced in providing customized CNC tool setter solutions according to our customers' requirements.

Types of CNC Automatic Tool Setter System

Optical Tool Setter
OTC200 optical tool setter/presetter is a wireless tool setter, optical coded signals are used to transmit information between the tool setter and the receiver.
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Radio Tool Setter
RP610T radio tool setter is a wireless tool setter, radio coded signals are used to transmit information between the tool setter and the receiver.
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Cable Tool Setter System
The cable tool setter system is suitable for various specifications of machine centers, CNC milling machines, drilling-tapping machine centers, etc. Cable tool setter transmits signal through cable.
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Advantages of CNC Machine Tool Setter System

Measure, correct tool length and diameter offset value quickly and accurately
Reduce the manual operation, reduce labor intensity and the influence of human operation factor to the tool setting precision
The influence of temperature change on machining precision is controlled by measuring tool parameters
Monitor tool wear and tear, reduce rejection rate

FAQs of Tool Setter for CNC Machining Centers

What does a tool setter do？

A :
You can press a button to let the CNC machine tool setter automatically detect the length of the tool (sometimes even the diameter), and then automatically enter the data into the tool table of the controller. All in all, many machines are now equipped with tool setter for CNC machining. Using the tool setter probe to calibrate can avoid measurement errors and greatly improve the accuracy of CNC machining.
Is the tool setter the ultimate tool?

A :
Yes, but it really depends on whether your workshop needs to optimize the cycle time (the time the machine is running) or the setup time (the time the machine is idle).
Is tool setter an important operation in CNC machining?

A :
CNC machine tool setting is the most basic operation in CNC machining. The accuracy of CNC tool setter will affect the machining accuracy of parts. At the same time, the tool setting efficiency also directly affects the processing efficiency. The essence of the tool setter for CNC machining centers is to determine the exact position of the tool tip of different tools in the machining coordinate system.
What's the purpose of tool setting?

A :
When CNC machine tool setter is used for processing, the accurate length and radius of the tool setter are offset relative to the datum, so as to obtain the accurate position of the tool tip of the tool setter. Therefore, the purpose of tool setter is to determine the exact length and radius of tool, so as to determine the exact position of the tool tip in the workpiece coordinate system during processing.