Acu-Rite CNC 3500i user manual Tool Breakage, Length and Diameter Wear Detection

7.3 Probing Cycles

Tool Breakage, Length and Diameter Wear Detection

Checks the tool and gives an alarm if not within tolerance. Length and Diameter Wear - Check the Length and/or Diameter and updates the Length and/or Diameter wear registers up to a user-defined limit. Once the user-defined limit has been reached, the cycle gives an alarm and the program stops.

Field	Code	Description
Tool#	T	Tool number. (Required)
		The T cycle parameter is the tool number
		you want checked.
EstDiam	D	This is the rough diameter on the bottom of
		the tool. (Optional)
		The diameter specified in this parameter
		should be roughly the diameter on the
		bottom of the tool that you want to be over
		the center of the probe stylus. If you have a
		left-handed tool, you would give a negative
		value to this diameter so the spindle turns
		on forward verses reverse. When stepping
		over for checking the diameter of the tool,
		this cycle uses the diameter in the tool table
		for the tool being checked.
MaxLen	K	The maximum length wear value limit. The
Adj		cycle checks to see if the cutter length has
		changed by more than this amount and
		triggers the alarm, stopping the program if
		exceeded. If not set, the cycle does not
		check the tool length. (Optional)
		At least one, K or J must be set or the cycle
		alarms.
MaxDia	J	The maximum diameter wear value limit.
Adj		The cycle checks to see if the cutter
		diameter has changed by more than this
		amount and alarms, stopping the program if
		exceeded. If not set, the cycle does not
		check the tool diameter. (Optional)
		At least one, K or J must be set or the cycle
		alarms.

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