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Measuring the machining time, 1 gr ap hics – HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (340 422) User Manual

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HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530

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12.1 Gr

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Measuring the machining time

Program Run modes of operation

The timer counts and displays the time from program start to program
end. The timer stops whenever machining is interrupted.

Test Run

The timer displays the approximate time that the TNC calculates from
the duration of tool movements. The time calculated by the TNC
cannot be used for calculating the production time because the TNC
does not account for the duration of machine-dependent interruptions,
such as tool change. If you have switched the "find machining time"
function on, you can generate a file listing the usage times of all tools
used in the program (see “Dependent files” on page 593).

Activating the stopwatch function

Shift the soft-key rows until the TNC displays the following soft keys
with the stopwatch functions:

Stopwatch functions

Soft key

Enable (ON) or disable (OFF) the "measure the
machining time" function.

Store displayed time

Display the sum of stored time
and displayed time

Clear displayed time

The soft keys available to the left of the stopwatch
functions depend on the selected screen layout.

During the Test Run, the TNC resets the machining time
as soon as a new BLK form is evaluated.