C-Axis Mode - Siemens PUMA V400/M Operation Manual

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C-AXIS Mode

 Low clamp : In case that C-axis does machining workpiece with continuous division feed.
It mainly used in cam groove machining.
 High clamp : In case of machining workpiece with fixing after dividing C-axis into arbitrary
angle. It mainly used in tapping, drill, key groove machining.
Normally the machine consists of C-axes as shown
in right side.
According to the machine type, it will be decided
whether C1-axis is attached or not.
C-axis is operated as spindle basically, it will be
operated as C-axis by C-axis switching operation.
Main Spindle →
C-axis may need hydraulic clamp operation during
C-axis
machining if need. According to the pressure on
clamping, it divided into "Low" and "High" clamp
operation.
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