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Lathe9 Alignment Software for Lathes and Turning Centers Powerful new Lathe9 alignment software simplifies lathe and turning center alignment, even on large lathes Hamar Laser's new Lathe9 alignment software supports our L-700 Spindle Alignment system equipment to create a powerful tool for aligning lathes or other turning-type machines. This comprehensive and easy-to-use program displays real-time, 4-axis alignment data of the headstock to the tailstock. It also checks the straightness of the guideways and parallelism to the main spindle axis. Applications include:  Cylindrical Grinders  Turning Centers  Lathes  Turret Lathes  Screw Machines  Multi-turn Machinees Machine Geometry Measurement:  Guideway straightness  Guideway pitch and yaw  Headstock spindle-axis parallelism to tailstock or turret guideways  Headstock spindle-axis alignment to: tailstock or turret centers, or subspindle rotation axes Program Features include: Easy 6-Step Process Lathe9 guides the user through the alignment with a 6-step process, designed to align a lathe in the most efficient way. First the setup data is entered. Then the guideways are checked for straightness and it is determined if the headstock spindle axis is parallel to the bed. If these geometries are out of spec, they need to be fixed first. Lathe9 then takes data for the headstock spindle alignment to the tailstock or turret and provides a live, 4-axis display of the alignment, along with shim value calculations to align them. Finally, a printed report details the alignment of all the lathe geometries. Results can be plotted, saved, and exported to an Excel spreadsheet for further analysis.  Project Headstock Spindle Axis Out to 100 Feet By following our simple Step 2 procedure, the laser can be aligned exactly to the spindle axis of rotation, which can then be projected out to 100 ft. (30 m) to measure guideway parallelism of even the largest lathe.  Easily Measure Lathe Headstock Spindle-Axis Parallelism to Guideways Lathe9 records the straightness data of the main bed and automatically calculates the guideway straightness and parallelism of the spindle axis to the bed. It can even check parallelism of the saddle or turret guideways if they are separated from the tailstock guideways.  Live 4-Axis Data Display The alignment displays the update with each adjustment in four axes: V-center, H-center, V-angle and H-angle. This allows the user to quickly correct misalignment errors and requires no calculations.  Report Generation Reports can be customized to show the results relative to the laser or the guideway best-fit line, comments may be added, and the report can be printed with a summary, a graph of the vertical and horizontal straightness, comments and a table showing the recorded data.  5 Ye Olde Road, Danbury, CT 06810 • Phone: (800) 826-6185 • Fax: (203) 730-4611 E-mail: sales@hamarlaser.com • Internet: http://www.h

Program Features Lathe9 Alignment Software Step 1: Set Up Enter the headstock and tailstock dimensions, choose the number of points to be recorded and enter the alignment tolerances. The dimensions are used to calculate shims when aligning the headstock, tailstock and/or turrets. The alignment tolerances are automatically applied to the displays, results screen and graphs. Step 2: Qualify Laser Align the laser to the headstock spindle axis by following the NORMIN procedure, where one set of data is recorded with the spindle/laser in the NORMal position and a second set is recorded with the...

Program Features Lathe9 Alignment Software Step 4: Lathe-Bed Straightness Results and Graph After recording data in Step 3, Step 4 calculates:  Straightness for each set of guideways  The parallelism of the main spindle axis to the tailstock guideways and turret guideways  The parallelism between both sets of guideways. Results are displayed in the table and are compared against the tolerances defined in Step 1. Straightness is then plotted on a graph, showing whether the data is in or out of tolerance. The V and H angular (pitch and yaw) values at each location may also be plotted. The...

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