ACU-RITE CNC 3500i - Manual (Page 239)

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7.
3 Pr
obing Cy
cles
Manual Tool Diameter Measure for Special Tools
 Updates tool diameter register for irregular shaped tools or tools
with a hole in the center of the bottom.
This cycle is used to measure the diameter of irregularly shaped tools
or tools with a hole in the center of the bottom.
Field Code Description
Tool# T Tool number. (Required)
The T cycle parameter must be the same as
the current tool in the spindle.
EstDiam D This is the rough diameter of the tool.
(Required) The diameter specified in this
cycle parameter should be larger than the
actual diameter of the tool being measured
but no more than 0.04" (1.0 mm) over. If
you have a left-handed tool, you would give
a negative value to the diameter so the
spindle turns on in the forward direction.
DistDown E The incremental distance from the current
Z Retract amount to go down along the side
of the probe stylus when doing a diameter
pick. The maximum E value is 0.55" (13.97
mm) or the tool may crash into the probe or
table. If you enter a value larger than 0.55"
(13.97 mm), the control issues an error
message. If E is not set, the cycle uses a
default value of 0.1" (2.54 mm). (Optional)
[Default: 0.1"]
Ball nose cutters and special cutters that
require a move down more than 0.55"
(13.97 mm) are not supported.
NOTE: Z Retract Amount is set in the Tool
Probe Parameters.
OvrMed
Feed M This is the override for the medium
feedrate that was set in the machine setup
parameter ZFirstPickFeedRate_Medium.
Sometimes there may be a tool that has a
large diameter making it necessary to slow
it down to prevent the touch probe from
being hit too hard. This can only be set
slower. Trying to set this higher will result
in the software using the original feedrate.
(Optional)