User’s guide
H-1000-5118-02-A
TP8 manual indexable probe
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Renishaw part no: H-1000-5118-02-A
Issued: 10 2007
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TP8
user’s guide
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Care of equipment
Renishaw probes and associated systems are precision tools used for
obtaining precise measurements and must therefore be treated with
care.
Changes to Renishaw products
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or software without incurring any obligations to make changes to
Renishaw equipment previously sold.
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our Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale) provided that it is installed
exactly as defined in associated Renishaw documentation.
Prior consent must be obtained from Renishaw if non-Renishaw
equipment (e.g. interfaces and/or cabling) is to be used or substituted.
Failure to comply with this will invalidate the Renishaw warranty.
Claims under warranty must be made from authorised Service
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Care of equipment
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Probe trigger force adjustment
1 Probe trigger force adjustment
NOTE: Only increase the stylus trigger force if you encounter
unexpected probe triggers.
The probe trigger force can be adjusted using a 2.5 mm hexagonal
wrench. A clockwise rotation increases the trigger force from 0.1 N
to 0.3 N approximately. Before leaving the factory, this force is set to
0.12 N based on a 21 mm long stylus fitted with a 4 mm diameter ball
tip.
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TP8 dimensions
100° 100°
75.5 mm
45.25 mm
2 TP8 dimensions
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3 Specification
Specification summary TP8
PRINCIPAL APPLICATION Robust universal DCC and
manual CMMs.
SENSE DIRECTIONS 5-axis: ±X, ±Y, +Z
UNIDIRECTIONAL REPEATABILITY
MAXIMUM (2s µm) (at stylus tip)
0.5 µm (0.00002 in)
PRE-TRAVEL VARIATION 360° (XY PLANE) ±1 µm (±0.00004 in)
WEIGHT (without shank) 95 g (3.36 oz)
STYLUS RANGE M3
STYLUS FORCE RANGE (ADJUSTABLE) 0.11 N - 0.3 N
STYLUS FORCE (SET BY RENISHAW) 0.11 N - 0.13 N
STYLUS OVERTRAVEL
(TYPICAL)
XY plane
+Z axis
±22°
5.5 mm (0.22 in) @ 0.11 N
2 mm (0.08 in) @ 0.3 N
MOUNTING METHOD Shank
SUITABLE INTERFACE PI 4-2, PI 7-2, PI 200, UCC
Above data applies to test conditions as follows: Stylus length 21 mm (0.83 in).
Stylus velocity 480 mm/min (1.57 ft/min). Stylus force 0.11-0.13 N. Ø4 ball.
Specification
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