Acu-Rite digital readout display at MACH 2010

The Acu-Rite Vue one- to three-axis digital readout is an entry-level DRO system displaying full text on a LCD display, with standard functionality including job clock, feed rate display, absolute/incremental, near-zero warning, 16 tool offsets/diameters, preset and zero reset, trigonometry calculator and instant inch/millimetre conversion. The Acu-Rite 200S DRO can be quickly and easily configured for two- or three-axis milling, turning or grinding applications and thus eliminates time and cost often associated with the selection and installation of multiple application-specific DROs. The Acu-Rite 300S DRO two- to four-axis DRO has a colour screen, with extensive I/O capability and encoder inputs for four independent axes, capable of storing up to 1,000 blocks of information, the system accommodates data for 16 tools and 10 sub-datums, and also includes automatic trigonometry calculations. Acu-Rite's SENC 150 precision glass scale technology is based on the use of reflective (rather than transmittive) light for measurement and a reader head mounted on its top face. The result is a high-precision scale, with resolutions of 0.5, 1 and 5 microns, that is highly resistant to machine inaccuracies and vibration. SENC 150 is available in lengths of 50 mm to 3.4 m, features Acu-Rite's exclusive Position-Trac functionality that allows operators to accurately and quickly re-establish workpiece zero, from any position, after a power interruption. Once power is restored, the DRO reads a line pattern on the glass scale to recall the last known zero. Also on show, the slimline SENC 50 precision glass scale offers resolutions of 0.5, 1 and 5 microns, available in lengths of 0.025 m to 0.5 m. The Acu-Rite display will also showcase the intuitive two-/three-axis MillPwr CNC which is a conversational system, requiring no previous CNC experience, which can be used either as a full-function DRO, or as a programmable CNC.