Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe User Manual

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Chapter 11

Coordinate System Offsets

11-13

This section describes the more temporary ways of offsetting the work
coordinate systems. These offsets are activated through programming, and

they are canceled when you remove power to the control. They may also

be cancelled by an M02, M30, or control reset, depending upon the

selections made in AMP by your system installer.

Important: All of these offsets are global in nature. This means that they

apply to all work coordinate systems. When you change work coordinate

systems (programming G54-G59) consider the effects of these offsets on

the new work coordinate system.

Tool geometry and wear offsets are not effected by an offset made to the

work coordinate system.

Important: We recommend that tool offsets for geometry and wear be

canceled before you execute any work coordinate system offsets. If tool

offsets are not canceled, the work coordinate system offset is added to the

active tool offset. This can cause confusion when you change tool offsets

later in the program. See page 20-5 on canceling tool offsets.

Use the G92 command in a part program to offset the currently active work
coordinate system relative to the current tool position. A G92 block in a

program offsets the zero point of the work coordinate system a specified

distance from the current tool position.

G92.2 cancels G92 without canceling any other work coordinates. This

differs from G92.1, which cancels all coordinate system offsets. A control

reset may cancel this offset, depending upon the selections made in AMP

by your system installer.

When a G92 command is executed in a program, it cancels any other active

work coordinate system offsets that may have been in effect including G52

offsets, jogged offsets, or set zero offsets. External offsets are not affected.

When the PAL flag $INHR is set, it cancels G92.

Important: A tool offset is not automatically canceled when you execute a

G92 block. This can result in undesired effects on the work coordinate

system when tool offsets are changed later.

The following G92 block offsets the work coordinate system so that the

current tool position takes on the coordinate values programmed in the

G92 block.

G92 X___ Z___;

11.4

Offsetting the Work

Coordinate Systems

11.4.1

Coordinate Offset Using

Tool Position (G92)

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