HEIDENHAIN TNC 128 (77184x-02) User Manual
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TNC 128 | User's Manual HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 5/2014
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1
First Steps with the TNC 128....................................................................................................... 43
1.1
Overview................................................................................................................................................ 44
1.2
Machine switch-on................................................................................................................................44
Acknowledging the power interruption and moving to the reference points..........................................44
1.3
Programming the first part.................................................................................................................. 45
Selecting the correct operating mode.................................................................................................... 45
The most important TNC keys................................................................................................................45
Creating a new program/file management............................................................................................. 46
Defining a workpiece blank.................................................................................................................... 47
Program layout........................................................................................................................................ 48
Programming a simple contour...............................................................................................................49
Creating a cycle program........................................................................................................................ 51
1.4
Graphically testing the first part.........................................................................................................53
Selecting the correct operating mode.................................................................................................... 53
Selecting the tool table for the test run................................................................................................. 53
Choosing the program you want to test................................................................................................ 54
Selecting the screen layout and the view.............................................................................................. 54
Starting the test run................................................................................................................................55
1.5
Setting up tools.................................................................................................................................... 56
Selecting the correct operating mode.................................................................................................... 56
Preparing and measuring tools............................................................................................................... 56
The tool table TOOL.T............................................................................................................................ 57
1.6
Workpiece setup....................................................................................................................................58
Selecting the correct operating mode.................................................................................................... 58
Clamping the workpiece......................................................................................................................... 58
Datum setting with 3-D touch probe (software option 17: Touch Probe Functions)................................ 59
1.7
Running the first program................................................................................................................... 60
Selecting the correct operating mode.................................................................................................... 60
Choosing the program you want to run................................................................................................. 60
Start the program....................................................................................................................................60