
5.TEST OPERATION OPERATION B-63784EN-1/01
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5.3 SINGLE BLOCK
Pressing the single block switch starts the single block mode. When the
cycle start button is pressed in the single block mode, the tool stops
after a single block in the program is executed. Check the program in
the single block mode by executing the program block by block.
Fig.5.3 (a) Single block
Procedure for Single block
Procedure
1 Press the single block switch on the machine operator's panel.
The execution of the program is stopped after the current block is
executed.
2 Press the cycle start button to execute the next block. The tool
stops after the block is executed.
Refer to the appropriate manual provided by the machine tool
builder for single block execution.
Explanation
- Reference position return and single block
If G28 to G30 are issued, the single block function is effective at the
intermediate point.
Tool
Cycle start
Stop
Stop
Stop
Workpiece
Cycle start
Cycle start