A MACHINE TOOL ACCESSORY
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4427869A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-11

    申请号:EP23160388.7

    申请日:2023-03-07

    申请人: Renishaw PLC

    IPC分类号: B23B29/04 B23B31/10 G01B5/012

    摘要: A machine tool accessory (40), such as a measurement probe, for attachment to a machine tool shank (20) is described. The accessory comprises a housing (42) having a connector portion (44) that enables the housing (42) to be secured to a machine tool shank (20). The connector portion (44) comprises a surface (48; 81) having one or more raised contact faces (50,52; 82, 84) for engaging with a substantially flat surface (28) of the machine tool shank (20). In one example, the first and second raised contact faces (50,52; 82, 84) are provided in the form of concentric annuli.

    MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4383977A2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-12

    申请号:EP24164438.4

    申请日:2020-06-05

    申请人: Renishaw PLC

    发明人: BULLED, Colin Ray

    IPC分类号: H05K13/08

    摘要: A method is disclosed of manufacturing an article, with the method comprising using a coordinate measuring machine both to obtain three-dimensional point coordinate measurements of a first part (70) of the article that is already in place and to position a second part (80) of the article in a predetermined spatial relationship relative to the first part (70) in dependence upon the measurements of the first part (70). The predetermined spatial relationship is defined in more than three degrees of freedom. Positioning the second part (80) relative to the first part (70) comprises controlling the machine to move the second part (80) relative to the first part (70) in more than three degrees of freedom. The machine is controlled to hold the first and second parts (70, 80) in the predetermined spatial relationship while performing an operation to fix the first and second parts in the predetermined spatial relationship. The second part (80) is not in direct contact with any other part of the article when the first and second parts (70, 80) are in the predetermined spatial relationship, at least not in a manner which would interfere with or influence or affect the predetermined spatial relationship.

    LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4332496A2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-06

    申请号:EP24152835.5

    申请日:2018-04-17

    申请人: Renishaw PLC

    IPC分类号: G01B11/00

    摘要: A coordinate positioning apparatus comprising a load bearing structure. The load bearing structure comprises at least one elongate corner piece providing at least two bearing surfaces, one on each side of the corner, for a carriage moveable along the load bearing structure, and at least one piece of sheet material which extends along the at least one elongate corner piece and provides at least one load bearing facet.