1. VQC Probe Templates

2. Overview Simplifies Probe Programming Can be customized 5 Categories
Works with the Haas/Renishaw Probe
Simplifies Probe Programming
Can be customized
5 Categories
SPINDLE PROBE 1-9
SPINDLE PROBE 10-18
TOOL SETTING
PROBE CALIBRATION
Help
This includes the set of templates that were recently released to go with the Haas Probe (made by Renishaw). The price is about 1/3.
A lot of Probes go unused because no one knows how to make them work and the instruction manuals are very complex..
The Haas VQC Probe System includes a Spindle Probe, a Tool Setting Probe, a receiver and Renishaw Probe software (about 49k of 9000 level macros).
It greatly simplifies the programming and set-up and use of the probe.
The programs that are created call up the required macro sub-programs.
The templates are divided into the 4 categories shown. This is in a separate program (O09910) from the other VQC templates because of the 15 category limitation of the sub-routines (separate programs) are contained in the program file “vqcpsmei.pgm” .
The included software provides the full Renishaw probing capability for those who have programming/probe experience.
Note: Help is a new category that shows changes in software.

3. F1-Help LIST PROGRAMS CANCEL - Exit O09010 O09011 O09801 O09804 O09812
G73 HIGH SPEED PECK
G74 REVERSE TAPPING
G81 DRILL
G82 SPOT DRILL
G83 PECK DRILL
G84TAPPING
BOLT HOLE PATTERNS
BORE CYCLES
THREAD MILLING
CIRCULAR POCKET
O.D./I.D. MILLING
FACE MILLING
MILLING X OR Y AXIS
GRID PATTERNS
LIST PROGRAMS CANCEL - Exit
O09010
O09011
O09801
O09804
O09812
O09830
O09910 (HAAS VQC Probe, English, Inch, )
O09997 (HAAS VQC Mill, English, Inch, V)
If you have the regular mill VQC templates loaded, you can press <F2> to get to a list of programs. You can then select the Probe Templates (O09996). Note: There are a number of macro routines that come with the probe. These are all 9000 series programs.
By selecting program 9996 you will get the probe templates shown next.
O09910

4. F1-Help
HELP
Here you can see the five categories of the Probe Templates.
If we select the first category (by pressing WRITE/ENTER) we get these templates (next slide):

5. F1-Help
HELP
This shows the templates for the first category as they appear on the LCD Monitor. Theses are Work Offset templates.
They include Probe Bore, X Plus Surface, X Minus Surface, Y Plus and Minus Surface, and Z Surface, Vise (or part) Corner, Center of Block.

6. 54 2.125 All Data entered. Program will be created now. F1-Help
OUTPUT G-CODE CANCEL-Exit
1) SELECT/CREATE A PROGRAM
2) ADD TO CURRENT PROGRAM
3) MDI
4) CANCEL
Here is the detail screen for Probe Bore. This program will measure the diameter and position of a Bore and update the work offset with the center point of the Bore.
The operator only needs to input the Work Offset and the Diameter of the Bore.
Notice that there is also an instruction of where to position the probe.
This instruction will not be repeated so you will have to remember what to do before you run the program.
The other Templates in this Category that are for X, Y, or Z Surface only require input of the Work Offset.
The last three templates which provide X, Y, and Z offsets and require an X, Y, and Z value in addition to an Offset.
After entering the data, a menu box appears.
You can choose to:
Select or create a new program
Add code to the current program
Go to MDI mode
Or Cancel

7. F1-Help
HELP
The next Category is Spindle Probe It includes templates for:
Probe Boss , Probe X Pocket, Probe Y Pocket, Probe X Web , and Probe Y Web, External Corner, Internal Corner.
These also produce work offsets for the shapes indicated.
You might use one of these for a second operation.
Probe Boss

8. Boss Pocket and Web External Corner Internal Corner
It is sometimes difficult to determine what a VQC template represents.
This shows another depiction of the different templates found in the second category.
Note: The two points shown along the X and Y axis of the Corner probes need to reflect points that are about 1/2” from each corner. E.G. if you stock is 4” in the X dimension, your first point wound be .5” and the second would be 3” (which is from the first point, not the corner).
(The corners do not have to be at right angles.)
External Corner
Internal Corner

9. F1-Help This is the Probe Boss Template.
It is similar to the Probe bore, but has the added input of the Z Depth (a negative value to place the Probe tip below the surface of the part.
The Probe Web Templates also have a Z Depth, while the Pocket Templates only have an X or Y Width.
You will need to jog to a position below the surface when you run the pocket routines.
(Boss is a round shape while Web has straight sides.)

10. The next Category is Tool Setting. This is for Tool Offsets
The next Category is Tool Setting. This is for Tool Offsets. It includes:
Auto Length Only, Manual Length Only, Auto Length Rotating, Automatic Length and Diameter, Sequential and Random, and Tool Breakage.
When using the Auto Length, the program will automatically select and position the tool.
For Manual Length, you must position the tool over the Probe as shown in the template.
For Auto Length and Diameter the tool will be selected, positioned and the spindle will rotate (approx. 500 RPM) counterclockwise while touching off the probe. For Random, you enter each tool number that you want touched off and press <WRITE/ENTER> for the entries you don’t use (the number 0 will be entered).

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Here is the detail template for the Auto Length.Sequential tools The comments mean that it should only be used for tools whose length can accurately be measured on a 1/2 inch disk. (Therefore it is not meant for a 2 in fluted end mill). Use this for sequential tools and the next for random tools.

12. Here is the detail template for the Auto Length Random tools Note that you must fill in every line. The lines do not equate to Tool Numbers. Fro example. If we wanted to do Tools 3,5,6,8,11, our inputs would look like the next slide.

13. You can enter Zero in the unused fields by simply pressing <WRITE/ENTER>.

14. Under Probe Calibration we have TS27R Calibration, Probe Z Calibration, and X,Y Calibration. These were covered under set-up.

15. Prepared by Haas Automation Training Department Oxnard, CA 93030