The installation of the ball grid is very simple. Generally, the two ends of the ball grid are fixed on the machine with special brackets. The reading head is fixed on the tool carriage of the machine tool and moves relative to the ball scale. Sometimes small machine tools can also fix the scanning head and move the ball scale. For ball scales over 3 meters (including 3 meters), an elastic support should be installed in the middle of the ruler. Generally, a flexible support is installed at a distance of 1.5 meters. The ball scale below 14 meters (including 14 meters) does not need to be connected, and the scale above 14 meters needs to be extended.

For a 16-meter ball scale, you need to take two 8-meter steel pipes, each with an inner diameter buckle at one end. Take another 0.2-meter steel pipe, with both ends on the outer diameter of the car buckle. Then they are all installed with the same amount of steel balls and screwed on.

When installing the ball grid, pay attention to as far away as possible from the motor of the machine tool to avoid unnecessary interference signals. Because the ball grid can be made very long, it is especially suitable for installation on large or large machine tools, such as gantry milling machines, floor boring machines, etc. The general machine tool can increase the work efficiency by more than 20% after the ball grid is installed, and the finishing process of the boring machine can save 30% of the man-hour. The cost of installing the ball scale can be recovered within 90 days. A heavy-duty 9-meter vertical lathe can increase work efficiency by 38% on average, saving up to 200,000 yuan in working hours in only half a year, and saving up to 300,000 yuan in working hours for a boring machine in half a year. And because it has no requirements for the installation environment, it has high precision, simple operation and durability. Therefore, it is very suitable for the transformation of various machine tools of old industrial enterprises. It can be said to be the best transformation scheme with low investment and fast speed.