HEIDENHAIN TNC 426, User Manual

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90 4 Programming: Fundamentals of NC, File Management, Programming Aids, Pallet Management
4.13 P
a
llet Oper
ation with T
ool-Or
ient
e
d Mac
h
ining
Setting up the pallet plane
n
Pallet Id
: The pallet name is displayed
n
Method : You can choose between the WORKPIECE ORIENTED and
TOOL ORIENTED machining methods. The selected method is
assumed for the workpiece plane and overwrites any existing
entries. In tabular view, WORKPIECE ORIENTED appears as
WPO ,
and TOOL ORIENTED appears as TO .
n
Status
: The soft key
BLANK
identifies the pallet and the
corresponding fixtures and workpieces as not yet having been
machined, and enters
BLANK
in the Status field. Use the soft key
EMPTY POSITION
if you want to skip the pallet during machining.
EMPTY
appears in the Status field.
Setting up details in the pallet plane
n
Pallet ID:
Enter the pallet name
n
Datum: Enter the pallet datum
n
Datum table:
Enter the name and path of the datum table of the
workpiece. The data is carried over to the fixture and workpiece
planes.
n
Safe height: (optional): Safe position for the individual axes
referenced to the pallet. The positions entered are only approached
if these values were read and correspondingly programmed in the
NC macros.
The TO-/WP-ORIENTED entry cannot be made via soft
key. It only appears when different machining methods
were chosen for the workpieces in the workpiece or
machining plane.
If the machining method was determines in the fixture
plane, the entries are carried over to the workpiece plane,
where they overwrite any existing entries.