Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................431

Overview....................................................................................................................................................................... 433

Defining the PLANE function................................................................................................................................... 434

Position display...........................................................................................................................................................434

Resetting PLANE function........................................................................................................................................ 435

Defining the working plane with spatial angles: PLANE SPATIAL................................................................... 436

Defining the working plane with projection angles: PLANE PROJECTED.......................................................438

Defining the working plane with Euler angles: PLANE EULER.......................................................................... 440

Defining the working plane with two vectors: PLANE VECTOR........................................................................442

Defining the working plane via three points: PLANE POINTS...........................................................................445

Defining the working plane via a single incremental spatial angle: PLANE RELATIV...................................447

Tilting the working plane through axis angles: PLANE AXIAL.......................................................................... 448

Defining the positioning behavior of the PLANE function................................................................................. 450

Automatic tilting into position MOVE/TURN/STAY............................................................................................ 451

Selection of tilting possibilities SYM (SEQ) +/-.................................................................................................. 454

Selection of the transformation type..................................................................................................................... 457

Tilting the working plane without rotary axes......................................................................................................459

11.3 Inclined machining (option 9).........................................................................................................460

Function........................................................................................................................................................................ 460

Inclined machining via incremental traversing of a rotary axis........................................................................460

Inclined machining using normal vectors.............................................................................................................461

11.4 Miscellaneous functions for rotary axes.........................................................................................462

Feed rate in mm/min on rotary axes A, B, C: M116 (option 8).........................................................................462

Shorter-path traverse of rotary axes: M126......................................................................................................... 463

Reducing display of a rotary axis to a value less than 360°: M94...................................................................464

Retaining the position of the tool tip during the positioning of tilting axes (TCPM): M128 (option 9)...... 465

Selecting tilting axes: M138..................................................................................................................................... 467

Compensating the machine kinematics in ACTUAL/NOMINAL positions at end of block: M144

(Option 9)...................................................................................................................................................................... 468

11.5 Compensating the tool angle of inclination with FUNCTION TCPM (option 9)................................. 469

Function........................................................................................................................................................................ 469

Defining FUNCTION TCPM.......................................................................................................................................470

Effect of the programmed feed rate......................................................................................................................470

Interpretation of the programmed rotary axis coordinates...............................................................................471

Orientation interpolation between the start position and end position...........................................................472

Selection of tool reference point and center of rotation....................................................................................473

Limiting the linear-axis feed rate............................................................................................................................ 475

Resetting FUNCTION TCPM.................................................................................................................................... 475

HEIDENHAIN | TNC 620 | Klartext Programming User's Manual | 01/2022

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