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Blank
Workpiece as it is before it is machined.
Block
"Block" is the term given to any files required for creating and processing programs.
Block search
For debugging purposes or following a program abort, the "Block search" function can be
used to select any location in the part program at which the program is to be started or
resumed.
Booting
Loading the system program after POWER ON.
C axis
Axis around which the tool spindle describes a controlled rotational and positioning
movement.
Channel
A channel is characterized by the fact that it can process a → part program. A channel
exclusively controls the axes and spindles assigned to it.
Circular interpolation
The → tool moves on a circle between specified points on the contour at a given feedrate,
and the workpiece is thereby machined.
CNC
See → NC
COM
Component of the NC control for the implementation and coordination of communication.
Compensation axis
Axis with a setpoint or actual value modified by the compensation value.
Compensation memory
Data range in the control, in which the tool offset data is stored.
Turning, Milling, Nibbling
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