
B-63944EN-1/02 PROGRAMMING 7.MUITI-PATH CONTROL FUNCTION
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7.1 BALANCE CUT (G68, G69)
Overview
When a thin workpiece is to be machined as shown below, a precision
machining can be achieved by machining each side of the workpiece
with a tool simultaneously; this function can prevent the workpiece
from warpage that can result when only one side is machined at a time
(see the figure below). When both sides are machined at the same
time, the movement of one tool must be in phase with that of the other
tool. Otherwise, the workpiece can vibrate, resulting in poor
machining. With this function, the movement of one tool post can
be easily synchronized with that of the other tool post.
Tool post 1
Tool post 2
Format
G68 (Pp); Balance cut mode on
p: Number which specifies a balance cut combination
(1) In the binary value specification mode, specify the
sum of the binary values corresponding to the
numbers of paths which require balance cutting.
(2) In the path number specification mode, specify the
numbers of all paths that require balance cutting in
combination.
When address P is not specified, balance cutting is
performed for paths 1 and 2.
G69; Balance cut mode cancel