CNC Z32 - Programming Guide (LATHES)
4.
TOOL RADIUS CORRECTION
The Z32 NC allows to program directly the finished workpiece profile, and automatically executes all necessary
profile modifications as a function of the effective tool radius.
It is clear that the actual tool path will be different from the programmed profile, because of the corrections to be
made in order to execute the profile with a tool having a not-null radius.
In the figure, the tool center path corresponding to the programmed profile (1…6) is shown.
Please note the following:
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internal edges may not be machined due to tool radius (areas ‘X’)
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some fillets are automatically inserted (not programmed in the original profile) around external edges
(B and D)
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some programmed segments have been eliminated because they cannot be machined with the
programmed tool radius (segment 5)
Generally, if the tool radius correction is activated in a program (with G41/G42), the Z32 NC executes a series of
operations on each element of the programmed profile, in order to transform it in the tool center path.
These operations may bring to the elimination of some profile elements because they cannot be machined with the
tool radius. The possibility to eliminate some profile elements imposes the NC to “explore” in advance the
trajectory, searching elements which cannot be machined.
The
G109
function allows to determine how many elements are explored in advance in this search:
G109A
three elements (active at reset)
G109B
four
elements
G109C
five
elements
G109D
six
elements
G109E
seven
elements
41