In-situ measurement for Helitronic grinders

The Heli Contour Check (HCC) optical measuring device allows integrated measurement of tooling in situ on Walter Helitronic tool grinders. Measuring results have been shown to be within a repeatabilty of +/- 1.5 µm.

Capable of accommodating round tools of 3 to 115 mm diameter, HCC can be mounted in seconds to the Helitronic grinding head and features a self-centring adaptor that obviates the need for calibration.

Once the workpiece and protective glass of the powerful high speed backlight camera are automatically cleaned, measuring commences with a program automatically generated from the Walter Window-Mode Package 7 grinding IDN.

Walter's Form Tool Compensation (FTC) software automatically performs any required compensation and directly transfers the tool correction DXF to the grinding program.

Multiple Walter Helitronic grinders with Fanuc CNC and glass scales can be served by a single HCC unit.

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Nicki McKenna

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