Preface

Documentation

Documentation is organized in 2 levels:

1. User Documentation

2. Manufacturer/Service Documentation

Target group

Suitable for the lathe machine operator using the system.

Purpose

The manual enables users familiar with the programming instructions lathe system.

Standard scope

This documentation only describes the functionality of the standard version. Extensions or changes made by the machine tool manufacturer are documented by the machine tool manufacturer.

For the sake of simplicity, this documentation does not contain all detailed information about all types of the product and cannot cover every conceivable case of installation, operation, or maintenance.

Other functions not described in this documentation might be executable in the control. This does not, however, represent an obligation to supply such functions with a new control or when servicing.

Revision Notes

 Compared with the V1.0 version, V1.1 version is amended as follows:

1. Addthe introduction ofmirroring(MIRROR)instructions, see Chapter2.4.2.

 2. Addintroductionof the knifegroup(TGROUP)instruction, seechapters3.4

 3. CYCLE97commandadds twoParameter: VRT (retraction distance)andLRP (thread run-out length), see chapters5.3.5.

4. Addthe introduction ofprofiling(CYCLE99)instructions, see Chapter5.3.6.

5. Addthenumber oflatheprogramming examples, see Chapter 6Processingexample.