
The touch probe functions allow you to set presets on the workpiece, measure the workpiece, and determine and compensate for workpiece misalignment.
Whenever the control runs a touch probe cycle, the 3-D touch probe approaches the workpiece in one linear axis. This is also true during an active basic rotation or with a tilted working plane. The machine tool builder will determine the probing feed rate in a machine parameter.
Before you start working with touch probe cycles!
- When the probe stylus contacts the workpiece,
- the 3-D touch probe transmits a signal to the control: the coordinates of the probed position are stored,
- the touch probe stops moving, and
- returns to its starting position at rapid traverse.
If the stylus is not deflected within a defined distance, the control displays an error message (distance: DIST from touch probe table).