APPARATUS, DISC, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240295417A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18027195

    申请日:2021-10-04

    申请人: RENISHAW PLC

    IPC分类号: G01D5/244 G01D5/347

    CPC分类号: G01D5/24442 G01D5/34738

    摘要: An apparatus including an encoder scale disc and a mount, the encoder scale disc including radially and/or tangentially resilient features located radially outwards of a scale configured to interact with the mount so as to locate the scale disc on the mount. The encoder scale disc may include radially resilient features which may deviate radially from the disc. A method of manufacturing an apparatus including an encoder scale disc, including mounting a disc including radially resilient features to a device, wherein the radially resilient features of the disc interact with the device to place the disc in radial compression, mounting the disc on an apparatus, wherein mounting features on the device and the apparatus interact in the same manner to place the disc in radial compression.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING NOISE FROM DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20240280474A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18565310

    申请日:2022-06-06

    申请人: RENISHAW plc

    发明人: Ian Mac BELL

    IPC分类号: G01N21/27

    摘要: A method for removing noise from spectral data recorded using a spectrometer. The method includes normalising spectral data to generate normalised spectral data and applying a machine learning model to the normalised spectral data. The machine learning model is trained to remove noise from spectral data using normalised training data, wherein the spectral data is normalised based on a different scaling to the normalisation of the training data.

    Coordinate positioning machine
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12055388B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-06

    申请号:US17763483

    申请日:2020-10-15

    申请人: RENISHAW PLC

    IPC分类号: G01B5/008 G01B5/00 B23Q17/22

    摘要: A coordinate positioning machine includes a plurality of drive axes, each being a rotary or linear drive axis, for positioning a platform within a working volume of the machine, and a separate linear counterbalance axis for counterbalancing the platform. With this arrangement the counterbalance axis can be substantially invariant to changes in orientation of the drive axes and can be counterbalanced by a simple counterweight. Also, an arrangement wherein the counterbalance axes and force generator are arranged so horizontal movement of the platform causes substantially no net movement of and/or no work to be done on the generator. Also, an arrangement wherein a series of counterbalance axes has at least one rotary counterbalance axis, and the generator is arranged behind or at a predetermined distance from the counterbalance axis. Also, an arrangement having a series of counterbalance axes with at most one rotary counterbalance axis between the generator and ground.

    Surface finish stylus
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12018938B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17044356

    申请日:2019-04-23

    申请人: RENISHAW PLC

    摘要: A surface finish stylus is described that includes an elongate stylus shaft and a contact element protruding from the elongate shaft for contacting a surface to be measured. The contact element is deformable and the stylus shaft includes a clamp for retaining the contact element, the contact element being deformed by the clamp. The contact element may comprise a metal, such as chromium steel or nitinol. The contact element includes one or more regions of weakness to cause a required deformation when retained by the clamp. The surface finish stylus may be used with a surface finish measurement probe or the like.

    RADIO COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS FOR A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240171213A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18283279

    申请日:2022-04-06

    申请人: RENISHAW PLC

    IPC分类号: H04B1/7143

    CPC分类号: H04B1/7143

    摘要: A frequency hopping radio communications module for a measurement system, including a measurement probe and an interface for a machine tool. The communications module is configured to transmit and/or receive radio signals using at least ten frequency channels and can operate in at least a metrology mode for communicating measurement data and a standby mode. Operation in the standby mode includes hopping between fewer frequency channels than operation in the metrology mode. In particular, operation in standby mode includes hopping between three of the at least ten frequency channels in accordance with a second hopping pattern, the three frequency channels being from different thirds of the frequency band. This allows faster frequency hopping synchronisation to be achieved and improves battery life.

    MEASUREMENT PROBE
    7.
    发明公开
    MEASUREMENT PROBE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240142229A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18279930

    申请日:2022-03-01

    申请人: RENISHAW PLC

    IPC分类号: G01B21/04 G01B5/008

    摘要: A method of communicating information to a measurement probe mounted on a coordinate positioning machine includes encoding the information as one or more of a plurality of characteristic movements of the probe, controlling the machine to impart the movement(s) to the probe, detecting the movement(s) at the probe, and decoding the information at the probe from the detected movement(s). A measurement probe for use in such a method is mountable to the machine and includes at least one movement sensor for sensing movement imparted to the measurement probe by the machine, and a controller for determining whether the sensed movement includes one or more of the plurality of characteristic movements of the probe and for performing an operation at or controlling operation of the probe in dependence on the determination.

    Coordinate positioning machine
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11964394B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US16967043

    申请日:2019-02-25

    申请人: RENISHAW PLC

    发明人: Julius Duprez

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16 G05B19/402

    摘要: A method of calibrating a coordinate positioning machine is described. The machine is controlled into a pivot pose in which a target point associated with a moveable part of the machine and a pivot point associated with a fixed part of the machine are separated from one another by a known separation. An error value for that pose is determined based on the known separation and a separation expected for that pose from the existing model parameters of the machine. The machine is controlled into a plurality of different target poses, and for each target pose a separation between the target point and the pivot point is measured and an error value for that pose is determined based on the measured separation and a separation expected for that pose from the existing model parameters.

    SELECTIVE SOLIDIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240083108A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18512305

    申请日:2023-11-17

    申请人: RENISHAW PLC

    摘要: A selective solidification apparatus includes a build chamber, a build platform lowerable in the build chamber, a wiper for spreading powder material across the build platform to form successive powder layers of a powder bed, an energy beam unit for generating an energy beam for consolidating the powder material, a scanner for directing and focussing the energy beam onto each powder layer and a processor for controlling the scanner. The processor is arranged to control the scanner to scan the energy beam across the powder bed to consolidate powder material either side of the wiper when the wiper is moving across the powder bed and to scan the energy beam across at least one of the powder layers during two or more strokes of the wiper across the powder bed.