Can you have a look at this canned cycle for me. I looked up the tutorials but while they give a definition of each line, I'm not sure what way the machine reads it.
What's happening is that the machine freezes on N120. i think it is because of the R14.6794. The program was written by a student so I'm unsure where he pulled that figure from. When the machine freezes I have to close the program using Alt/CTrl/Del. The spindle only stops when I use the Estop and start the program again. Then release the Estop. I get time out errors constantly and have to reset everytime but nothing to say what the problem is with the program.Here's the cycle,
N60 G00 X27 Z2
N70 G71 U.7 R.25
N80 G71 P090 Q130 U0.1 W.1 F1.5
N90 G00 X27 Z0
N100 G00 X15 Z0
N110 G03 X20 Z-2.5 R2.5
N120 G02 X25 Z-12 R14.6794
N130 G00 X27.
Can you give me a few examples of simple canned cycles so that I can see them in operation on my own Novaturn. Then I might be able to see what part of the command gives the finishing dimensions. I understand the U and W on line N80 is the amount to be left on the faces after roughing. I'm assuming that N70 tells the m/c to remove 0.7mm every pass and then move out .25mm before going back to some start position.
Any help you could give me on writing and understanding canned cycles would be great.
Cheers,
Tim,
t.power@ucc.ie
