Measure (Cycle 3, Software Option 17); Cycle Run; Please Note While Programming - HEIDENHAIN TNC 620 User Manual

Touch Probe Cycles: Special Functions | MEASURE (Cycle 3, software option 17)

16.2 MEASURE (Cycle 3, software option 17)

Cycle run

Touch Probe Cycle 3 measures any position on the workpiece
in a selectable direction. Unlike other measuring cycles, Cycle 3
enables you to enter the measuring range SET UP and feed rate
F directly. Also, the touch probe retracts by a definable value after
determining the measured value MB.
1 The touch probe moves from the current position at the entered
feed rate in the defined probing direction. The probing direction
must be defined in the cycle as a polar angle.
2 After the TNC has saved the position, the touch probe stops.
The TNC saves the X, Y, Z coordinates of the probe-tip center in
three successive Q parameters. The TNC does not conduct any
length or radius compensations. You define the number of the
first result parameter in the cycle.
3 Finally, the TNC moves the touch probe back by that value
against the probing direction that you defined in the parameter
MB.

Please note while programming:

The exact behavior of Touch Probe Cycle 3 is defined by
your machine tool builder or a software manufacturer
who uses it within specific touch probe cycles.
The DIST (maximum traverse to touch point) and F
(probing feed rate) touch-probe data, which are effective
in other measuring cycles, do not apply in Touch Probe
Cycle 3.
Remember that the TNC always writes to four
successive Q parameters.
If the TNC was not able to determine a valid touch
point, the program is run without error message. In
this case the TNC assigns the value –1 to the 4th result
parameter so that you can deal with the error yourself.
The TNC retracts the touch probe by no more than the
retraction distance MB and does not pass the starting
point of the measurement. This rules out any collision
during retraction.
With function FN17: SYSWRITE ID 990 NR 6 you can set
whether the cycle runs through the probe input X12 or
X13.
HEIDENHAIN | TNC 620 | User's manual for cycle programming | 10/2017
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