
01 00.11.24 Murakawa Miyajima Newly designed.
Drawing No.
A - 78314E
Tilte
FANUC Series 16i /160i -LA
Bevel Cutting Compensation
Specification
Edit Date Design Recog. Contents Page 2 / 7
1. Outline
In most case of bevel cutting, the tool center point (TCP) of the fixed nozzle (Attitude control-B
function) is set on the bottom side of workpiece. When the bevel angle is changing continuously,
the nozzle rotates around this TCP. (Figure 1) Therefore, the nozzle would have a collision with
the surface of workpiece. Usually this collision is avoided by using the Z-axis tracing function.
However, it would lead to trajectory error. (Figure 2)
Nozzle
Tool Center Point
Workpiece
Figure 1
Nozzle
Trajectory error
Figure 2
Workpiece
Z-axis trace
The bevel cutting compensation function makes to change the arithmetical 2nd arm length depend
on the bevel angle in the procedure of fixed nozzle, and leads no trajectory error. (Figure 3) This is
an optional function.
When the bevel angle is θ, the arithmetical 2nd
arm length is (L+H/cosθ). As the bevel angle θ
changes, (L+H/cosθ) changes.
CNC manages the procedure of fixed nozzle
continuously by using (L+H/cosθ) for 2nd arm
length.
Nozzle
Tool Center Point
Figure 3
H/cosθ
Workpiece
2nd arm
length
L
L
Tool length
offset
Bevel angle
θ