Cycle run – HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (340 49x-06) Cycle programming User Manual
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Touch Probe Cycles: Automatic Measurement of Workpiece Misalignment
14.7 Compensating W
o
rk
piece Misalignm
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n
t b
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Rota
ting the C Ax
is (Cy
c
le
405, DIN/ISO: G405)
14.7 Compensating Workpiece
Misalignment by Rotating the C 
Axis (Cycle 405, DIN/ISO: G405)
Cycle run
With Touch Probe Cycle 405, you can measure
the angular offset between the positive Y axis of the active 
coordinate system and the center of a hole, or
the angular offset between the nominal position and the actual 
position of a hole center.
The TNC compensates the determined angular offset by rotating the 
C axis. The workpiece can be clamped in any position on the rotary 
table, but the Y coordinate of the hole must be positive. If you 
measure the angular misalignment of the hole with touch probe axis Y 
(horizontal position of the hole), it may be necessary to execute the 
cycle more than once because the measuring strategy causes an 
inaccuracy of approx. 1% of the misalignment.
1
Following the positioning logic (see “Executing touch probe 
cycles” on page 318), the TNC positions the touch probe to the 
starting point 
1
at rapid traverse (value from MP6150). The TNC
calculates the probe starting points from the data in the cycle and 
the safety clearance from MP6140.
2
Then the touch probe moves to the entered measuring height and 
probes the first touch point at the probing feed rate (MP6120). The 
TNC derives the probing direction automatically from the 
programmed starting angle.
3
Then the touch probe moves in a circular arc either at measuring 
height or at clearance height to the next starting point 
2
and probes
the second touch point.
4
The TNC positions the probe to starting point
3
and then to starting
point
4
to probe the third and fourth touch points and positions the
touch probe on the hole centers measured.
5
Finally the TNC returns the touch probe to the clearance height and 
aligns the workpiece by rotating the table. The TNC rotates the 
rotary table so that the hole center after compensation lies in the 
direction of the positive Y axis, or on the nominal position of the 
hole center—both with a vertical and horizontal touch probe axis. 
The measured angular misalignment is also available in parameter 
Q150.
X
Y
1
2
4
3
X
Y
