ACU-RITE

Machinists working at manual knee mills fitted with digital readouts
Manual knee mills fitted with digital readouts. Photo: ACU-RITE, acu-ritesolutions.com. Illustrative, not an AMI installation.

ACU-RITE makes digital readout (DRO) systems and linear encoders for manual machining. They suit toolrooms, job shops, schools and hobby shops, from simple parts to complex ones.

Machines they are used on

Knee mill with a digital readout

Milling machines

Packages for knee mills and similar 2-axis milling machines (Bridgeport-type), in place of the handwheel dials.

Engine lathe with a digital readout

Lathes

Packages for 2-axis engine and toolroom lathes, showing both axes at once in place of the handwheel dials.

Surface grinder

Surface grinders

A package for 2-axis surface grinders that pairs a readout with two high-resolution scales.

Machine photos are illustrative and do not show AMI installations or necessarily ACU-RITE products. Mill: ACU-RITE, acu-ritesolutions.com. Lathe: Hwacheon centre lathe by Glenn McKechnie, CC BY-SA 3.0, resized and cropped. Surface grinder: Proth surface grinder by Glenn McKechnie, CC BY-SA 2.5, resized and cropped.

Shop by product type

DROs and PackagesACU-RITE DROs and PackagesReadouts and complete packages for mills, lathes and grinders. Packages bundle a readout with scales so you can replace the dials on a manual machine.
EncodersACU-RITE EncodersLinear encoders (scales) that feed position to a DRO on the machine axis. Match the scale to the axis travel and the readout.

Not sure what fits your machine? Send us the machine type, number of axes and the model of any existing readout or scale, and we will help match it. Request a Quote