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13 Using Touch Probe Cycles........................................................................................................... 491
13.1 General information about touch probe cycles.............................................................................. 492
Method of function.............................................................................................................................. 492
Consideration of a basic rotation in the Manual Operation mode....................................................... 493
Touch probe cycles in the Manual Operation and Electronic Handwheel operating modes................ 493
Touch probe cycles for automatic operation........................................................................................ 493
13.2 Before You Start Working with Touch Probe Cycles...................................................................... 495
Maximum traverse to touch point: DIST in touch probe table.............................................................495
Set-up clearance to touch point: SET_UP in touch probe table........................................................... 495
Orient the infrared touch probe to the programmed probe direction: TRACK in touch probe table..... 495
Touch trigger probe, probing feed rate: F in touch probe table........................................................... 496
Touch trigger probe, rapid traverse for positioning: FMAX.................................................................. 496
Touch trigger probe, rapid traverse for positioning: F_PREPOS in touch probe table.......................... 496
Executing touch probe cycles.............................................................................................................. 497
13.3 Touch probe table.............................................................................................................................. 498
General information..............................................................................................................................498
Editing touch probe tables................................................................................................................... 498
touch probe data.................................................................................................................................. 499
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