Wear compensation in tool direction

Grinding a surface

This compensation type is used to compensate for wear in the tool direction. This can take place both continuously and discretely.

Wear compensation in tool direction 1:
Wear compensation in tool direction

Programming Example

OTC grinding with kinematic type 4

...
N30 D1                (Select record for grinding disc)
N40 G00 X0 Y0 Z300 B0
N50 #KIN ID[4]
N50 #TRAFO ON
N60 G00 B45
N70 G01 X100 Z50 F1000
N80 #OTC ON [TOOL_DIR, DISC]                (Select OTC)
N90 $FOR P1=0, 20, 1
N100 G91 G01 X10 Z-10 F2000
N110         X-10 Z10
N120 $ENDFOR
N120 #OTC OFF                               (deselect OTC)
N130 #TRAFO OFF
...

Programming kinematic parameters

Wear compensation in tool direction 2:
Grinding disc setting B=0
Wear compensation in tool direction 3:
Grinding disc setting B=90

The figure below shows the function of TOOL_DIR:

Wear compensation in tool direction 4:
Description of TOOL_DIR function