Retracting a tool from the workpiece, allowing the tool to be exchanged during machining (if broken) or the state of machining to be checked, and subsequently repositioning the tool to restart machining.
Tool retract and recover – Definition from CNC Dictionary
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Tool offset – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Shifting a specified tool along the controlled axis.
Tool offset value – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Offset value used by the tool length compensation, cutter compensation, and tool offset functions.
Tool offset memory – Definition from CNC Dictionary
CNC memory used to store tool offset values.
Tool offset number – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Number preceded by the H or D address to specify a tool offset value.
Tool length measurement – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Manual operation in which a reference tool and the tool to be measured are pressed against a fixed point on the machine, one after the other, and the difference in length between…
Tool length compensation – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Compensating for the difference in length between the tool assumed during programming and the tool to be used for actual machining.
SINUMERIK – Definition from CNC Dictionary
The brand name for Siemens numerical controls.The name of the organizational unit of Siemens that designs and manufacturers numerical controls.
TV check – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Checking whether the total number of characters in a block (starting immediately after an end–of–block code and ending at the next end–of–block code) is even or odd.
TH check – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Checking whether the total number of 1 bits in a character is even or odd.
Subprogram – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Program that can be called repeatedly by the control section of another program.
TURNING CENTER – Definition from CNC Dictionary
A machine tool which does primarily turning, but which has live tooling (a spindle on the turret) for doing milling operations. From a software point of view, a turning center…
Wear offset value – Definition from CNC Dictionary
The part of a tool offset value used to compensate for tool wear.
Stored stroke check – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Setting a forbidden area in the CNC for a tool, decelerating the tool to a stop, and issuing an alarm if the tool is about to enter the forbidden area.
Stored stroke limit – Definition from CNC Dictionary
See “Stored stroke check”
Stroke limit check before move – Definition from CNC Dictionary
Stroke limit check performed before the movement specified in a block is started.
Selca G41 Enables tool radius compensation, tool left of profile
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