7.

Operation
7.1 Power-On/Power-Off, Operation Flow ............................................................................... 7-5
7.1.1 Turning on the power................................................................................................... 7-5
7.1.2 Turning off the power................................................................................................... 7-5
7.1.3 Screen transition at power-on ..................................................................................... 7-6
7.1.4 Stopping operation in emergency ................................................................................ 7-7
7.1.5 Resetting the emergency stop state ............................................................................ 7-7
7.1.6 Procedure from power-on to continuous operation ..................................................... 7-8
7.1.7 Procedure from continuous operation to power-off ..................................................... 7-9
7.1.8 Re-arrangement procedure ....................................................................................... 7-10
7.2 Program Selection ........................................................................................................... 7-12
7.2.1 Selecting a program to be executed .......................................................................... 7-12
7.2.2 Entering, changing, or registering machining data .................................................... 7-13
7.2.3 Confirming a tool layout pattern ................................................................................ 7-15
7.2.4 Confirming/setting a free tool layout pattern .............................................................. 7-16
7.3 Preparation ...................................................................................................................... 7-18
7.3.1 Start position, return position, turret tool post return position,
back spindle return position, and gang tool post return position ............................... 7-20
Start position ................................................................................................................... 7-20
Return position ................................................................................................................ 7-21
Turret tool post return position ........................................................................................ 7-21
Back spindle return position ............................................................................................ 7-21
Gang tool post return position ......................................................................................... 7-22
7.3.2 Tool selection, positioning point ................................................................................ 7-24
Tool selection .................................................................................................................. 7-24
Positioning point .............................................................................................................. 7-24
7.3.3 Adjusting chucking force ........................................................................................... 7-26
Chucking force setting .................................................................................................... 7-26
Automatic adjustment of chucking force ......................................................................... 7-26
Manual adjustment of chucking force .............................................................................. 7-26
7.3.4 Chucking force setting ............................................................................................... 7-27
7.3.5 Automatic adjustment of chucking force .................................................................... 7-32
7.3.6 Manual adjustment of chucking force ........................................................................ 7-35

Code C-M312162032 III V-770 MFG MCL1216/0357 ~

No.
5E2-0704
No. MCL2032/1481 ~

Issue
2006.12
Date

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7.3.7 Adjusting a guide bushing clearance......................................................................... 7-36

Clearance setting of a rotary guide bushing .................................................................... 7-36
Automatic adjustment of a rotary guide bushing clearance ............................................ 7-36
Manual adjustment of a guide bushing clearance ........................................................... 0-37
7.3.8 Clearance setting of a rotary guide bushing .............................................................. 7-38
7.3.9 Automatic adjustment of a rotary guide bushing clearance ....................................... 7-42
7.3.10 Manual adjustment of a rotary guide bushing.......................................................... 7-44
7.3.11 Setting tools ............................................................................................................. 7-45
Overview of tool setting ................................................................................................... 7-45
Tool setting methods ....................................................................................................... 7-46
Tool setting procedure .................................................................................................... 7-47
Setting tools on the turret tool post ................................................................................. 7-48
Tool setting outside the machine .................................................................................... 7-48
Tool setting inside the machine....................................................................................... 7-48
Adjusting a turret tool in the diametrical direction
and longitudinal direction of the sleeve holder mounted on the turret............................. 7-48
Longitudinal position of the sleeve holder for the gang tool ............................................ 7-62
Core (Core) ..................................................................................................................... 7-65
Core (Core DWN) ............................................................................................................ 7-68
Core (center) ................................................................................................................... 7-71
Diameter.......................................................................................................................... 7-74
Adjusting tools on the back 3-spindle tool post in the longitudinal direction ................... 7-78
Adjusting the centers of tools on the back 3-spindle tool post ........................................ 7-81
7.3.12 Moving the back spindle backward .......................................................................... 7-84
7.3.13 Performing cut-off machining .................................................................................. 7-85
7.4 On-machine Program Check Function ............................................................................ 7-88
7.4.1 High-speed program check ....................................................................................... 7-89
7.4.2 Operating the on-machine program check function .................................................. 7-91
7.4.3 Editing a program being executed ............................................................................. 7-94
7.4.4 Editing an executed program by backward running .................................................. 7-96
7.5 Automatic Operation ........................................................................................................ 7-99
7.5.1 Automatic operation .................................................................................................. 7-99
Continuous cycle operation ............................................................................................. 7-99
One cycle operation ........................................................................................................ 7-99
One block operation ........................................................................................................ 7-99
7.5.2 Last part function ..................................................................................................... 7-101
7.5.3 Holding and restarting automatic operation ............................................................. 7-102
Holding automatic operation ......................................................................................... 7-102
Restarting automatic operation ..................................................................................... 7-102
7.5.4 Stopping and restarting spindles during automatic operation ................................. 7-103
Stopping spindles .......................................................................................................... 7-103
Restarting spindles ....................................................................................................... 7-103
7.5.5 Block skip function................................................................................................... 7-104
7.5.6 Override ................................................................................................................... 7-104

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7.5.7 Setting counter ........................................................................................................ 7-105

7.5.8 Setting switches ...................................................................................................... 7-107
7.5.9 MDI operation .......................................................................................................... 7-108
7.6 Manual Operation .......................................................................................................... 7-110
[INT.IVLD] menu key ..................................................................................................... 7-111
7.7 Creating and Editing Programs...................................................................................... 7-112
7.7.1 Displaying a program list ......................................................................................... 7-113
7.7.2 Creating a new program .......................................................................................... 7-114
7.7.3 Editing a program .................................................................................................... 7-116
Selecting an axis control group for editing a program ................................................... 7-117
Selecting display for editing a program ......................................................................... 7-117
Find ............................................................................................................................... 7-119
Replace ......................................................................................................................... 7-121
Move and copy .............................................................................................................. 7-122
Cutting cycle.................................................................................................................. 7-123
Calculator ...................................................................................................................... 7-124
Coordinate calculation .................................................................................................. 7-125
Cutting condition calculation ......................................................................................... 7-126
7.7.4 Deleting a program .................................................................................................. 7-128
7.7.5 Copying a program and changing a program number ............................................. 7-129
7.7.6 Sorting programs ..................................................................................................... 7-130
7.7.7 Creating and editing machining data ....................................................................... 7-131
7.8 Program Management ................................................................................................... 7-133
Work area ..................................................................................................................... 7-133
Management area ......................................................................................................... 7-133
Old model program area ............................................................................................... 7-133
7.8.1 Selecting an area .................................................................................................... 7-134
7.8.2 Calling an area ........................................................................................................ 7-135
7.8.3 Exchanging areas .................................................................................................... 7-136
7.8.4 Deleting a program from an area ............................................................................ 7-137
7.8.5 Copying a program between areas ......................................................................... 7-138
7.9 Data Input/Output .......................................................................................................... 7-139
7.9.1 Transferring data between the machine and IC card reader/writer ......................... 7-139
7.9.2 Transferring data between the machine and PCMCIA card drive ............................ 7-142
7.9.3 Mounting the PCMCIA card ..................................................................................... 7-144
When using the PCMCIA slot in the operation panel: ................................................... 7-144
When using the PCMCIA slot in the operation panel front: ........................................... 7-145
7.9.4 Dismounting the PCMCIA card ................................................................................ 7-146
When using the PCMCIA slot in the operation panel: ................................................... 7-146
When using the PCMCIA slot in the operation panel front: ........................................... 7-147

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7.10 Setting Tool Offset Data .............................................................................................. 7-148

7.10.1 Setting data ........................................................................................................... 7-148
7.10.2 Clearing all screen data ......................................................................................... 7-149
7.11 Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 7-150
7.11.1 Returning axes to zero point .................................................................................. 7-150
7.11.2 Setting the turret to zero point ............................................................................... 7-152
TI Axis setting ................................................................................................................ 7-152
TI axis zero adjustment ................................................................................................. 7-155
Turret No. setting .......................................................................................................... 7-158
7.11.3 Resetting an overrun alarm ................................................................................... 7-160

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