Changing Program Behavior.

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Author(s): LYNCH, MIKE¹
Source:
Modern Machine Shop. Mar2017, Vol. 89 Issue 10, p62-64. 2p.
Subject Terms:
*METALWORKING industries; DATA management; NUMERICAL control of machine tools; METAL cutting

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- Subject Terms:
  FANUC Corp.
- Abstract:
  The article discusses benefits of using the user-defined codes which allows metal-working industry to make minor method changes to machine work pieces without reprogramming and managing data. It mentions need for adding the subprogram-calling command to the beginning of every tool sequence. It also mentions user-created G, M and T codes as an alternative to FANUC Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC).