14.1 Fundamentals; Overview - HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 User Manual

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14.1 Fundamentals

Danger of collision!

Cycles for coordinate transformation must not be active during

execution of the touch probe cycles.

Do not activate the following cycles before using touch probe

cycles: Cycle 7 DATUM SHIFT,Cycle 8 MIRROR IMAGE, Cycle

10 ROTATION,Cycle 11 SCALING and 26 AXIS-SPECIFIC

Reset any coordinate transformations beforehand

The control must be specially prepared by the machine

tool builder for the use of a 3-D touch probe.

HEIDENHAIN only gives warranty for the function of the

probing cycles if HEIDENHAIN touch probes are used.

The TNC provides five cycles that enable you to measure and

compensate workpiece misalignment. In addition, you can reset a

basic rotation with Cycle 404:

Touch Probe Cycles: Automatic Measurement of Workpiece Misalignment | Fundamentals

HEIDENHAIN | User's manual for cycle programming | 10/2017