Owner's manual

Cutter Diameter Compensation
(G40, G41, G42)
Chapter 21
21-31
Figure 21.26 through Figure 21.29 illustrate the basic motion of the cutting
tool as it executes program blocks during cutter compensation:
Figure 21.26
Cutter Compensation Tool Paths Straight Line-to- Straight Line
180 •••270
270
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90 •••180
0
•••90
generated block
G41
G42
Programmed path
G41
G42
Programmed path
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G41
G42
Programmed path
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•
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G41
G42
Programmed path
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0 •••90
G41
G42
Programmed path
•
r
r
r
r
G39.1 (CircularGenerated Block)G39 (Linear Generated Block)
G39.1 (CircularGenerated Block)G39 (Linear Generated Block)
270 ••••••
•
G41
G42
Programmed path
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generated block
Linear
Circular
generated
Linear
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generated
Circular
block