
Chapter
13
13-1
Wheel Length Offsets
This chapter describes how to select and activate wheel length offsets.
Some grinding applications require the use of wheel length offsets in
conjunction with dresser/wheel radius compensation. For details on
selecting and activating dresser/wheel radius compensation, see chapter 15.
This chapter covers these topics:
Topic: On page:
T Wordsand Wheel Length Offsets 13-1
Selecting W heel LengthOffsets(T Word) 13-2
Acti vation ofWheel LengthOffsets 13-4
Programming Changes toWheel Geometryand Radius OffsetTables(G10L10) 13-5
Modern grinders typically require the selection of multiple control points
on the wheel for grinding different contours and dressing different profiles.
Use the wheel length offset feature to shift the control point to the various
control locations on the grinding wheel.
Figure 13.1
Typical Grinding Wheel Length Offset to Select Control Point
Wheel gauge pointonspindle
fromwhich wheel offsetsare
usuallymeasured
Wheel lengthoffsets simplify
programming and allow processingfrom
differentpoints on thewheel without
changingthepartprogram
Xlength
offset
Z length
offset
These length offsets select
this point as the control point
forprogramming
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Chapter Overview
13.1
T Words and Wheel Length
Offsets
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