2 - 146 Conversational Part Programming v546CO WinMax Lathe Conversational Part Programming
Some guidelines that must be followed when creating a blend arc follow:
• The first or last segment of a Radial Mill Contour data block cannot be blend
arc segments.
• Blend arc segments cannot be adjacent to one another in a program cannot
be blend arc segments. For example, if segment #2 is a blend arc, neither
segment #1 nor #3 can be blend arc segments.
• Segments that are adjacent to the blend arc segment must intersect at some
point in their theoretical plane. Therefore, if segment #2 is a blend arc,
segments #1 and #3 must theoretically intersect at some projected point.
• The Radius of a blend arc segment cannot be too large to be tangent to both
of the adjoining segments.
• If any coordinate (start point, center point, or end point) is important to the
construction of the two segments to be blended, the segment must be
programmed as an arc and not as a blend arc.
• The Feed field is initially displayed with a value carried forward from the
previous segment. This value can be accepted or changed.
A series of arcs and lines can be programmed in a single data block
to form a complete contour. Press the Ctrl + arrow key to program
additional Line and Arc segments for the current data block.
Develop a part program segment by segment, or create the
geometry surrounding an arc, then insert the blend arc between
existing segments.
To Next Page
Loading...
