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Position Data Block

Use a Position block to move the table, or to stop motion so you can adjust the work piece, or to gain clearance around the tool or work piece. See Part Setup Safety Work Region in Part Setup in Getting Started with WinMax Mill.

Use a Position data block instead of a Change Parameters data block in these instances:

  • Between operations, when a clamp or raised portion of the part is higher than the programmed relative clearance.

  • When cutting occurs inside a cavity and is followed by work inside another cavity in which an optimal Retract Clearance for operations in the recessed areas is below the surface of the part.

  • The Z Retract is the same as the Z safety plane height in a Position data block.

Refer to Change Parameters for more information.

To program a Position block:

  1. From the Input screen, select the Part Programming softkey or icon.

  2. Select the Insert Block Before softkey. The New Block screen opens.

  3. Select the Position softkey. The Position block opens.

  4. Select the order of axis movement with the drop-down lists and specify the coordinate(s). Multiple axes with the same order will move simultaneously.

  5. Specify in the Z Retract field if the Z axis should retract before the axes move to the specified positions. If Yes, this move happens first.

  6. Specify a tool in the Tool field. If a tool is not specified, a tool change does not occur.

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If there is a tool change in the position block, the tool change safety move occurs and the axes will not return to their pre-tool change positions. Only axes that did not have a move specified are left in their pre-tool change positions.

See the Field Glossary for definitions of the Position fields:

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If you want to open the CE Safety enclosure doors after the Position data block executes (the Stop field is Yes), press the Machine Mode Interrupt console key, then press the Start Cycle button. The enclosure doors can be opened and the axes jogged. To resume program execution, close the enclosure doors and press the Start Cycle button.