Running a Program

The program is written and the machine is set. These pages cover the AUTO screen and everything you reach for while a program is running.

• The Run Screen: reading the AUTO screen.
• Selecting & Loading a Program: choosing what the machine will run.
• Start, Feed Hold & Reset: the three keys that drive every program.
• Overrides & Run Options: the dials, and the switches you prove a program out with.
• Single Block: running a block at a time.
• Block Search: starting part way in.
• Retrace: winding the program back along the path it cut.
• Tool Life Management: changing a tool before it fails.
• Adaptive Feed Control: letting the feed follow the load on the spindle.
• Production Counts: what the machine records as it runs.

Where to go next

• Setting Up a Job: what is done before the program starts.
• Diagnostics: when the machine will not start at all.