Siemens SINUMERIK Series Function Manual page 270

K3: Compensations
4.4 Interpolatory compensation
Axis container
The axis container is a grouping of similar axes. An axis from the group can be assigned to a
channel axis. The assignment is variable, so that the axis in the channel always gets a new
axis from the group assigned to it in the course of time. Thus, the part program can be
programmed with one axis and it can gradually move different axes.
Example:
Four spindles are arranged on a drum. Each spindle carries a tool of the turning machine
and it rotates the drum by 90 degrees in each cycle. The tools are transported from one
machining station to the next in this way. The channel of the machining station must program
only one spindle, though a new spindle is always changed. This is an axis container rotation.
The sag compensation can be combined with the axis container if it is in the basic position,
i.e. $AN_AXCTAS == 0. Otherwise the programming is rejected with Alarm 17040.
"YY" is to be coupled to "XX" (see Configuration 2):
1. Programming with channel axis names
2. Programming with machine axis names
This couples Axis AX2 of NCU1 with Axis 2 of NCU2.
NOTICE
Axis confusion
YY is coupled to XX with each container rotation, there is a different axis behind YY now:
YY "AX5 of NCU-1" is in configuration 3.
Other real axes are coupled after the rotation in this way: In this example, AX-5 of NCU-1 is
coupled to AX-2 of NCU-1.
As a rule:
The coupling is created between two axes from the LAI layer so that other axes participate in
the coupling after each axis container rotation. A new table must be activated for each
container rotation to undertake a coupling exactly between two real axes.
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$AN_CEC_INPUT_AXIS[0] = (XX)
$AN_CEC_OUTPUT_AXIS[0] = (YY)
$AN_CEC_INPUT_NCU[0]=1
$AN_CEC_INPUT_AXIS[0] = (AX2)
$AN_CEC_OUTPUT_NCU[0]=2
$AN_CEC_OUTPUT_AXIS[0] = (AX2
; optional ...
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