
B-63783EN-1/01 10.TOOL FUNCTION
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About parameters
(1) About the machine configuration
What machine configuration to select as a target of parameter setting is
important.
Following are descriptions about the machine configuration.
- Master and slave
If there are two rotary axes for controlling the orientation of a tool or
two rotary axes for controlling the orientation of a table, a typical
structure is such that a rotation mechanism is on the tip of another
rotation mechanism. The former rotation mechanism is called the slave,
and the latter, the master.
The master and slave are sometimes called, respectively, the first and
second axes.
Master and slave
B axis = slave
= second axis
Second rotation axis
First rotation axis
A axis = master
= first axis
Fig.10.4.14 (g)
The rotation center axis for the master is called the first rotary axis,
while the rotation center for the slave is called the second rotary axis.
(Fig.10.4.14 (g))