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Manual Part No. 502923 Issue 3
5.0: Mechanical Installation
5.0: Mechanical Installation
5.1: Positioning
The Mini Probe is susceptible to some degree to the
influence of magnetic fields and should therefore be
positioned well away from electric motors, relays and
permanent magnets.
5.2: Mounting
The centreline of the Mini Probe is accurately aligned to
one side of the transducer to provide a reference datum
face. Similarly, the rear face and base mounting face of the
Mini Probe can be used as a datum. These datum faces
are shown on the Mechanical drawing in section 8
Installation is simply a matter of positioning the device,
and securing it via a single M3 screw (supplied with the
Mini Probe).The probe head may be mounted in any
orientation..
To ease installation, the Mini Probe head can be
disconnected from the PIE. It is important that
the PIE with the correct ident is used with the
corresponding Mini Probe head.
To maximise service life and to minimise the potential
for accidental damage the following points need to
be considered:-
•
Set probe height to minimise the amount of
deflection of the tip making due allowance for
pre-travel and component tolerance, this is
particularly relevant where the tip is subject to
side load. Long reach tips are available, but
should advisedly only be used when contact is
normal to the tip.
•
Where possible it can be considered good
practice to effectively shroud the probe leaving
only the relevant part of the tip protruding
beyond the protected zone, this will minimise the
possibility of probe breakage due to misplaced
components.
