2 - 4 Conversational Part Programming v546CO WinMax Lathe Conversational Part Programming
The following fields appear on the Position Block screen:
• Tool—contains the programmed tool number from Tool Setup.
• Tool Offsets—contains the programmed tool offset and orientation
programmed in Tool Setup. You can accept or change this offset.
• WHERE—moves turret or axes to the selected position:
• MOVE TO TOOL CHANGE—moves the turret to the location specified in
the Program Parameters User Defined Tool Change Position area.
• MOVE TURRET HOME—moves the turret to the Home position. This field
is used in conjunction with the Axis Order field entries (including the C
Axis Order field). At least one axis must be selected in Axis Order when
Move Turret Home is selected.
• MOVE TO POSITION—moves the axes to the specified Reference, X, Z,
W, and Y, and all Axis Order fields (including the C Axis Order field). At
least one axis must be selected in Axis Order when Move To Position is
selected.
• MOVE ALL HOME F4—moves all axes to the Home position. This field is
used in conjunction with the Axis Order X, Z, W, and Y and C Axis Order
field entries. At least one axis must be selected in Axis Order when Move
All Home is selected. This field appears on TMX, TMX MY, and TMX MYS
Series machines and replaces the PROGRAM PARAMETERS F4 softkey.
• MOVE W ONLY F5—moves only the W Axis to the position specified in
the W field. This field appears on TMX, TMX MY, and TMX MYS Series
machines and replaces the PART SETUP F5 softkey.
• MOVE W HOME F6—moves the W Axis to the Home Position. This field
appears on TMX, TMX MY, and TMX MYS Series machines and replaces the
TOOL SETUP F6 softkey.
• MORE F7—accesses a second softkey menu. This field appears on
TMX MY and TMX MYS Series machines.
• MOVE Y ONLY F1—moves only the Y Axis to the position specified in the
W field. This field appears on TMX MY and TMX MYS Series machines.
• MOVE Y HOME F6—moves the Y Axis to the Home Position. This field
appears on TMX MY and TMX MYS Series machines.
• REFERENCE—contains selections for the axes locations to be relative to Part
Zero or Machine Zero. This field is available only when the Where field
contains the Move To Position, W Only, or Y Only selections.
To avoid unnecessary tool changes, this tool will either match the
tool from the previous block or the following block in the program.
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