ACU-RITE MILLPWR 3 Axes - Manual (Page 98)

PROGRAM STEPS
MILLPWR ®
Programming a Tool Step with Repeatable Tool Length Offsets
See the graphic below to identify the tools you will be using.
If you begin setting the tool length offsets by setting Datum using an electronic edge finder it
must have a fixed and repeatable length. The current tool information cannot have a length value.
All of the tool length offsets in the program will be the difference in length between the tool and
the edge finder.
When defining tool length offsets in the Tool Step, touch each tool to the same surface and press
the
TEACH TOOL LENGTH softkey to establish the tool length.
Once you have identified the tools you will be using, you can program the length offsets into the
tool steps.
Entering the first tool
Set your Z-axis Datum with a tool or standard using no tool length offset. In our example, we use
the first tool in the program to set datum zero. If you wish to use a 3-D electronic edge finder or
tool holder with a repeatable standard, then place it into the spindle instead, and set datum.
Then you find the tool length offset for tool 1 as well.
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