HEIDENHAIN TNC 620 (73498x-01) - Manual (Page 164)

164 Programming: Tools
5.3 T
ool compensation
5.3 Tool compensation
Introduction
The TNC adjusts the spindle path in the spindle axis by the
compensation value for the tool length. In the working plane, it
compensates the tool radius.
If you are writing the part program directly on the TNC, the tool radius
compensation is effective only in the working plane. The TNC
accounts for the compensation value in up to five axes including the
rotary axes.
Tool length compensation
The tool length compensation becomes effective as soon as you call
a tool. To cancel length compensation, call a tool with the length L=0.
For tool length compensation, the control takes the delta values from
both the TOOL CALL block and the tool table into account:
Compensation value = L + DL
TOOL CALL
+ DL
TAB
where
Caution: Danger of collision!
If you cancel a positive length compensation with TOOL
CALL 0
the distance between tool and workpiece will be
reduced.
After TOOL CALL the path of the tool in the spindle axis, as
entered in the part program, is adjusted by the difference
between the length of the previous tool and that of the
new one.
L : Tool length L from the TOOL DEF block or tool table
DL
TOOL CALL
: Oversize for length DL from the TOOL CALL 0 block
DL
TAB
: Oversize for length DL in the tool table.