
APPENDIX
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H. GLOSSARY
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Term Description
Automatic override for inner corner Automatically overriding a cutting feedrate at each end of an inner corner,
produced based on a tool path that has been subjected to cutter compensa-
tion.
Tool
Workpiece
α
Inner corner is defined by 180° v α
Automatic reference position return Automatically feeding a specified axis to a reference position using a program
command.
Automatic tool length measurement Issuing an automatic measurement command to the CNC to move the tool to
the measurement position, thereby allowing the CNC to automatically calcu-
late the tool offset value.
Automatic tool offset Giving an automatic measurement command to the CNC and moving the tool
to a measurement position, thereby letting the CNC automatically measure
tool offset values.
Auxiliary function lock Disabling a specified M, S, or T function.
Axis control function Generic name for control functions for controlled axes.
Axis interchange Switching the correspondence between a specified axis movement command
and the machine axis that actually moves.
Axis name Name given to an axis controlled by the CNC or PMC.
Axis number Number used to associate an axis name used in programming with the recog-
nition number (controlled axis number) of the CNC control section and the
recognition number (servo axis number) of a machine drive motor.
Axis recomposition (Two–path control
function)
Two–path synchronous, composite, and superposition control.
[B]
B code Coded number, following the B address, that specifies the second auxiliary
function or index table indexing.
B–axis control function Drilling or boring performed using an axis (B–axis) that operates indepen-
dently of the two basic axes (X and Z) of a lathe.
Background editing Editing a program during the execution of another program.
Background graphic display Drawing a machining path specified by a program during the execution of
another program.
Backlash compensation Compensation for mechanical backlash.
Balace cut Machining a thin workpiece by cutting it from both sides in order to prevent the
workpiece from deforming, thereby achieving a high level precision.
Base point Start point of a pattern function program, such as the position of the tool when
a pattern function is specified or the position that is identified with coordinates
specified using a base point command.
Base point command Specifying the coordinates of a base point for the pattern function.
Basic controlled axes Controlled axis having a name fixed by the CNC.
Bending compensation Compensating the position of a hole for displacement due to the workpiece
being bent.