Newall Measurement Systems Sets a New Performance Standard for DROs

Newall Measurement Systems, part of the €12 billion Schneider Electric group, is showcasing its new DP900 digital readout (DRO) for manual lathe and mill applications on the 600 Centre (Stand: 5136) and Excel Machine Tools stands (Stand: 5540) at MACH 2008.   The DP900 is Newall’s most powerful DRO to date and has been developed to increase machine tool efficiency in an easy to use package.

On show for the first time at a UK exhibition, the DP900 is designed to deliver unparalleled performance and a host of advanced functionality. Engineered to withstand the most demanding shop environment, this high performance DRO features a number of unique product features including: white-on-blue LCD display; geometric functions with probe capabilities; graphical dynamic tool position display; and a feather-touch cap-sense keypad.

Robert Matthews, Sales and Marketing Director at Newall comments: “We believe that it is important for people to see and experience the DP900 at first hand. Thanks to our strong relationships with 600 Centre and Excel, the DP900 will be displayed on both companies’ stands at MACH.”   Visitors to MACH can therefore see the DP900 fitted to 600 Centres’ low-cost, high-performance DALIAN Center Lathe (model number CDS6232/750) and Excel Machine Tools’ 380VS Mill.

Sitting at the top of Newall’s range, interactive features on the DP900 include dynamic tool position display and fourth axis (linear and rotary) simultaneous readout. The DP900 also includes the ability to associate up to 20 jobs for each function, such as arc contouring, bolt hole (PCD), grid array and many more.

Another feature of this innovative unit is internal summing. This allows a mill operator to sum knee and quill axes within the display without the need for additional complexity or the expense of an external summing unit when using three of four-axis versions.

Another feature of this innovative unit is internal summing. This allows a mill operator to sum knee and quill axes within the display without the need for additional complexity or the expense of an external summing unit when using three of four-axis versions.

As well as a host of standard features found on most of the Newall DRO range, such as linear and segmented error compensation, mill/lathe selection, vectoring, tapering, tool offsets and axis preset, new features specific to the DP900 are centred around the new blue-on-white LCD display. These include a graphical dynamic tool position display, a zero approach graphical display with optional audio alert, a virtual keypad to allow user-defined job names and one touch HELP.

The DP900 is available in a number of different axis configurations, including two, three and four axes for spherosyn or microsyn linear encoders. A four axes model is also available where the forth axes can be used with a RS422 (TTL) rotary or linear encoder. All models feature a contact probe interface as standard.

All of Newall's linear encoders have an IP67 environmental rating and are completely sealed, withstanding dirt, dust, oil and other environmental conditions typical for machine tools.