Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe User Manual

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Basic Control Operation

Chapter 2

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Select one of these softkey options:

block retrace
jog retract
cycle start
cycle stop

To Perform a: Press:

Cycle Start

the softkey that corresponds to the desired feature. Details on these

features are described in chapter 7.

Cycle Stop

the softkey that corresponds to the desired feature. Details on these

features are described in chapter 7.

Block Retrace

the {BLOCK RETRCE} softkey. The control automatically

retraces the previously executed block each time you press. The tool

returns to the start point of Block Retrace when you press the
{CYCLE START}

softkey. Details on Block Retrace can be found

in chapter 7.

Jog Retract

the {JOG RETRCT} softkey. This calls up the jog retract screen.

Select: the axis, the type of jog, the speed multiply value (see

chapter 4), or the HPG number (if HPG has been selected as the

type of jog). Use the up and down cursor keys to select the function,

and the left and right cursor keys to alter the value assigned to that

function.

Press the

{JOG AXES +}

{JOG AXES -}

softkeys to select the

direction to jog the axis. Press the exit {

} softkey when you

complete the jog retract. The cutting tool automatically retraces the

jog moves you made when you pressed the

{CYCLE START}

. See

chapter 7.

(softkey level 4)

SET

ZERO

JOG

AXES +

JOG

AXES-