60 | Part 2
(3) How to activate a long boring bar.
If a long boring bar is mounted on the turret. Some interlock functions are needed for
safety. If long boring bar function is active, the message “Long Boring Bar Active” is
displayed on the top of the screen. And machine has two protective functions to prevent
machine collision by the unexpected operation.
- Turret index is prohibited.
- Y-axis is prohibited.(for machine with Y-axis)
1) How to enable long boring bar function
- Press the “OFFSET” key.
- Select the “Operating Parameter” soft key and “TC Service” soft key.
- The following window opens.
- Activate the “Long Boring Bar Active” with the <SELECT> key and then the
message “LONG BORING BAR ACTIVE” is displayed.
2) How to release long boring bar function
Press the <SELECT> key one more to set “Long Boring Bar Active” to “N”, but the
message “LONG BORING BAR ACTIVE” on the top of the screen will be still
displayed. Of course, the rotation of the turret and Y-axis moving are prohibited.
M193 must be commanded in MDA for the final release “Long Boring Bar Active”,
M193 is used for an additional interlock release which enables the turret to rotate
and y-axis to move. After commanding M193, the message “LONG BORING BAR
ACTIVE” is disappeared. And all interlock can be released.