OPERATION
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4. AUTOMATIC OPERATION
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Programs are registered in memory in advance. When one of these
programs is selected and the cycle start switch on the machine operator’s
panel is pressed, automatic operation starts, and the cycle start LED goes
on.
When the feed hold switch on the machine operator’s panel is pressed
during automatic operation, automatic operation is stopped temporarily.
When the cycle start switch is pressed again, automatic operation is
restarted.
When the reset switch on the LCD/MDI panel is pressed, automatic
operation terminates and the reset state is entered.
The following procedure is given as an example. For actual operation,
refer to the manual supplied by the machine tool builder.
Procedure for Memory Operation
1 Press the MEMORY mode selection switch.
2 Select a program from the registered programs. To do this, follow the
steps below.
2–1 Press
PROG
to display the program screen.
2–2 Press address
O
.
2–3 Enter a program number using the numeric keys.
2–4 Press the
[O SRH] soft key.
3 Press the cycle start switch on the machine operator’s panel.
Automatic operation starts, and the cycle start LED goes on. When
automatic operation terminates, the cycle start LED goes off.
4 To stop or cancel memory operation midway through, follow the
steps below.
a.
Stopping memory operation
Press the feed hold switch on the machine operator’s panel. The
feed hold LED goes on and the cycle start LED goes off. The
machine responds as follows:
(i) When the machine was moving, feed operation decelerates
and stops.
(ii) When dwell was being performed, dwell is stopped.
(iii) When M, S, or T was being executed, the operation is stopped
after M, S, or T is finished.
When the cycle start switch on the machine operator’s panel is
pressed while the feed hold LED is on, machine operation restarts.
4.1
MEMORY
OPERATION
Procedure