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Executing touch probe cycles – HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (34049x-08) Cycle programming User Manual

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Using touch probe cycles

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Executing touch probe cycles

All touch probe cycles are DEF active. This means that the TNC runs

the cycle automatically as soon as the TNC executes the cycle

definition in the program run.

Touch probe cycles with a number greater than 400 position the touch

probe according to a positioning logic:

If the current coordinate of the south pole of the stylus is less than

the coordinate of the clearance height (defined in the cycle), the TNC

retracts the touch probe in the probe axis to the clearance height

and then positions it in the working plane to the first starting

position.

If the current coordinate of the south pole of the stylus is greater

than the coordinate of the clearance height, the TNC first positions

the probe in the working plane to the first starting position and then

moves it immediately to the measuring height in the touch probe

axis.

Make sure that at the beginning of the cycle the

compensation data (length, radius) from the calibrated

data or from the last TOOL CALL block are active

(selection via MP7411, see the User's Manual of the

iTNC530, “General User Parameters”).
You can also run the Touch Probe Cycles 408 to 419 during

an active basic rotation. Make sure, however, that the

basic rotation angle does not change when you use Cycle

7 DATUM SHIFT with datum tables after the measuring

cycle.

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