Product range

SP600M analogue measurement probe

SP600M is an auto-jointed, multiwired analogue scanning probe suitable for mounting on certain motorised and fixed Renishaw probe heads. The probe body contains the extremely robust parallel operating sensor mechanism. It enables a CMM to gather large amounts of data very rapidly for inspection or digitising purposes. The probe offers 3 axis movement of ±1 mm in each direction (X, Y, Z), irrespective of probe orientation. It can carry stylus lengths up to 300 mm and may be re-orientated using a Renishaw PH10M PLUS / PH10MQ PLUS motorised head. The IS1-2 interface selector allows the SP600 to be interchanged with other Renishaw multiwire probe systems and automatically selects the correct interfacing, enabling analogue measurement to be fully integrated into a conventional automatic probing system. Touch-trigger (non-multiwired) probes can be used with a splitter cable. See 'SP600 in multiple Renishaw probe type installations' for further information.

SP600Q analogue measurement probe

SP600Q is a quill mounted version of the SP600M analogue scanning probe. It can therefore be connected directly to the quill of a CMM and an internal cable carries the probe signal to the interface card. This probe offers exactly the same benefits and operation as the SP600M, with identical integration issues.

SP600 analogue measurement probe

SP600 is a shank mounted version of the SP600M analogue scanning probe. It can therefore be connected directly to the quill of a CMM and an external cable carries the probe signal to the interface card. This probe offers exactly the same benefits and operation as the SP600M, with identical integration issues.

SP600 with overtravel unit

The SP600 overtravel unit is a protection device that can be fitted between a SP600 probe and its mounting shank. The overtravel unit contains a switch to indicate when the probe body has suffered a collision and the signal is supported by both the AC1 and AC2 interface cards. It is intended for use when the SP600 probe is used in a machine tool for scanning applications. For CMM usage the size of the overtravel unit make it unsuitable and the low forces applied by a CMM make it unnecessary.

SH600 stylus holder

The SP600 / M / Q comprises the main body and a detachable stylus holder. The stylus holder is kinematically located onto the probe body to provide repeatable positioning of the stylus, and removes the requirement to re-qualify each stylus arrangement between holder changes. There are two variants of stylus holders in the range, SH600-STD and SH600-EXT. Both of these designs offer the ability to manually or automatically change the stylus on the SP600 probe allowing for stylus optimisation.

Effective crash protection is achieved by either the stylus holder becoming detached during a collision, or by setting a higher stylus deflection to alert the CMM of an unexpected collision. In this event, the robustness of the probe means that a simple re-qualification of the probe and stylus arrangement will enable work to continue.