15-B Operation (Mach Ctr), GFZ-62564E-1/02

1. INTRODUCTION
B–62564E–1/02
The tool can be moved in the following ways:
i) Manual continuous feed (See Section 4.2)
The tool moves continuously while a pushbutton remains pressed.
ii) Step feed (See Section 4.3)
The tool moves by the predetermined distance each time a pushbutton is pressed.
iii) Manual handle feed (See Section 4.4)
By rotating the manual handle,the tool moves by the distance corresponding to the degree of handle
rotation.
iv) Manual feed at any angle(See Section 4.5)
The tool is moved in any direction on the plane.
v) Manual numeric command(See Section 4.6)
When numeric data is entered from the MDI keyboard, the tool is moved by the distance corresponding
to the data.
2) Tool movement by programing – Automatic operation (See Section 5)
Fig. 1 (c)
Tool Movement by programing
Operating the machine according to a coded program is called automatic operation. Automatic operations
are classified into operations according to tape, memory, and the MDI.
(i) Operation according to tape
The machine can be operated based on a program, while the program is being loaded from the tape
reader. This is called the operation according to tape.
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