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Measurement of machining time, 1 gr ap hics – HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (60642x-04) User Manual

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HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530

641

16.1 Gr

ap

hics

Measurement of 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 TNC takes the following into account for the time calculation:

Traverse movements at feed rate

Dwell times

Machine dynamics settings (accelerations, filter settings, motion

control)

The time calculated by the TNC does not include rapid-traverse

movements and times depending on the individual machine tool (e.g.

tool change).
If you have switched the "calculate machining time" function on, you

can generate a file listing the usage times of all tools used in the

program (see "Tool usage test" on page 204).

Activating the stopwatch function

Shift the soft-key row until the soft-key for the

stopwatch functions appears

Select the stopwatch functions

Select the desired function by soft key, e.g. saving the

displayed time

Stopwatch functions

Soft key

Enable (ON) or disable (OFF) the "calculate the

machining time" function

Store displayed time

Display the sum of stored time

and displayed time

Clear displayed time

During the test run, the TNC resets the machining time as

soon as a new BLK FORM is evaluated.