Example: Measuring and reworking a rectangular stud

Program sequence

  • Rough the rectangular stud with 0.5 mm finishing allowance
  • Measure the rectangular stud
  • Finish the rectangular stud, taking the measured values into account

0 BEGIN PGM TOUCHPROBE MM

1 TOOL CALL 5 Z S6000

; Tool call: roughing

2 Q1 = 81

; Rectangle length in X (roughing dimension)

3 Q2 = 61

; Rectangle length in Y (roughing dimension)

4 L Z+100 R0 FMAX M3

; Retract the tool

5 CALL LBL 1

; Call the subprogram for machining

6 L Z+100 R0 FMAX

; Retract the tool

7 TOOL CALL 600 Z

; Call the touch probe

8 TCH PROBE 424 MEAS. RECTAN. OUTS. ~

Q273=+50

;CENTER IN 1ST AXIS ~

Q274=+50

;CENTER IN 2ND AXIS ~

Q282=+80

;FIRST SIDE LENGTH ~

Q283=+60

;2ND SIDE LENGTH ~

Q261=-5

;MEASURING HEIGHT ~

Q320=+0

;SET-UP CLEARANCE ~

Q260=+30

;CLEARANCE HEIGHT ~

Q301=+0

;MOVE TO CLEARANCE ~

Q284=+0

;MAX. LIMIT 1ST SIDE ~

Q285=+0

;MIN. LIMIT 1ST SIDE ~

Q286=+0

;MAX. LIMIT 2ND SIDE ~

Q287=+0

;MIN. LIMIT 2ND SIDE ~

Q279=+0

;TOLERANCE 1ST CENTER ~

Q280=+0

;TOLERANCE 2ND CENTER ~

Q281=+0

;MEASURING LOG ~

Q309=+0

;PGM STOP TOLERANCE ~

Q330=+0

;TOOL

9 Q1 = Q1 - Q164

; Calculate the length in X based on the measured deviation

10 Q2 = Q2 - Q165

; Calculate the length in Y based on the measured deviation

11 L Z+100 R0 FMAX

; Retract the touch probe

12 TOOL CALL 25 Z S8000

; Tool call: finishing

13 L Z+100 R0 FMAX M3

; Retract the tool

14 CALL LBL 1

; Call the subprogram for machining

15 L Z+100 R0 FMAX

16 M30

; End of program

17 LBL 1

; Subprogram with rectangular stud machining cycle

18 CYCL DEF 256 RECTANGULAR STUD ~

Q218=+Q1

;FIRST SIDE LENGTH ~

Q424=+82

;WORKPC. BLANK SIDE 1 ~

Q219=+Q2

;2ND SIDE LENGTH ~

Q425=+62

;WORKPC. BLANK SIDE 2 ~

Q220=+0

;RADIUS / CHAMFER ~

Q368=+0.1

;ALLOWANCE FOR SIDE ~

Q224=+0

;ANGLE OF ROTATION ~

Q367=+0

;STUD POSITION ~

Q207=+500

;FEED RATE MILLING ~

Q351=+1

;CLIMB OR UP-CUT ~

Q201=-10

;DEPTH ~

Q202=+5

;PLUNGING DEPTH ~

Q206=+3000

;FEED RATE FOR PLNGNG ~

Q200=+2

;SET-UP CLEARANCE ~

Q203=+10

;SURFACE COORDINATE ~

Q204=+20

;2ND SET-UP CLEARANCE ~

Q370=+1

;TOOL PATH OVERLAP ~

Q437=+0

;APPROACH POSITION ~

Q215=+0

;MACHINING OPERATION ~

Q369=+0

;ALLOWANCE FOR FLOOR ~

Q338=+20

;INFEED FOR FINISHING ~

Q385=+500

;FINISHING FEED RATE

19 L X+50 Y+50 R0 FMAX M99

; Cycle call

20 LBL 0

; End of subprogram

21 END PGM TOUCHPROBE MM