HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 (34059x-04) - Manual (Page 36)

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TNC 640 | User's Manual
HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 3/2014
12 Programming: Multiple Axis Machining.................................................................................... 417
12.1 Functions for multiple axis machining............................................................................................. 418
12.2 The PLANE Function: Tilting the Working Plane (Software Option 1)...........................................419
Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 419
Defining the PLANE function................................................................................................................421
Position display......................................................................................................................................421
Resetting the PLANE function..............................................................................................................422
Defining the working plane with the spatial angle: PLANE SPATIAL....................................................423
Defining the working plane with the projection angle: PLANE PROJECTED....................................... 425
Defining the working plane with the Euler angle: PLANE EULER........................................................426
Defining the working plane with two vectors: PLANE VECTOR.......................................................... 428
Defining the working plane via three points: PLANE POINTS..............................................................430
Defining the working plane via a single incremental spatial angle: PLANE SPATIAL............................432
Tilting the working plane through axis angle: PLANE AXIAL (FCL 3 function)......................................433
Specifying the positioning behavior of the PLANE function.................................................................435
12.3 Inclined-tool machining in a tilted machining plane (software option 2)......................................440
Function................................................................................................................................................. 440
Inclined-tool machining via incremental traverse of a rotary axis......................................................... 440
Inclined-tool machining via normal vectors...........................................................................................441
12.4 Miscellaneous functions for rotary axes.......................................................................................... 442
Feed rate in mm/min on rotary axes A, B, C: M116 (software option 1).............................................. 442
Shortest-path traverse of rotary axes: M126........................................................................................443
Reducing display of a rotary axis to a value less than 360°: M94........................................................444
Maintaining the position of the tool tip when positioning with tilted axes (TCPM): M128 (software
option 2)................................................................................................................................................ 445
Selecting tilting axes: M138................................................................................................................. 448
Compensating the machine’s kinematics configuration for ACTUAL/NOMINAL positions at end of block:
M144 (software option 2)...................................................................................................................... 449
12.5 FUNCTION TCPM (software option 2).............................................................................................. 450
Function................................................................................................................................................. 450
Defining the TCPM FUNCTION............................................................................................................ 450
Mode of action of the programmed feed rate..................................................................................... 451
Interpretation of the programmed rotary axis coordinates...................................................................451
Type of interpolation between the starting and end position............................................................... 453
Resetting the TCPM FUNCTION.......................................................................................................... 454