Calibrate the Tube Center

Level and Center the Tube

Before levelling and centering the tube, calibrate B-axis center. See Calibrate B-axis Center for details.

The process of levelling and centering the tube differs in the tube type.

Taking the rectangular tube as an example, to level and center the tube by centering the tube through five points, finding the tube center and doing center compensation for the toolpath, in the machine control area, click . The system automatically does the following:

1. Turn on follow-up separately on the left and right of the first face and level the tube according to the difference between the two results of follow-up height.

2. Rotate the tube 90°, and turn on follow-up on the center of the current face.

3. Repeat process 2 twice.

4. According to the five results of follow-up height and chuck center from calibrating B-axis, automatically calculate the center compensation for each face.

Manually Set the Center

It is used to set the current position as the tube center for short tubes. It is mainly used when the result of levelling and centering the tube is not incorrect.

To manually set the center, in the menu bar, click Machining → Manually Set Center and set the workpiece coordinates of X-axis and B-axis to 0.