TANG – Definition of tangential tracking / definition of the plane in which the tangential control should be active

Parameterizes the plane of tangential control and defines it. The first "Slave axis" parameter is expected during the import, but ignored in the SRL program. The address letters of the Cartesian axes (X, Y, Z, A, B, C) are permitted as the slave axis. The following two parameters "Master axis 1" and "Master axis 2" are also expected with the address letters (X, Y, Z) during import. These are used to define the plane in which tangential control takes effect. A sequence of the address letters need not be observed but the combination must define the permitted planes XY, ZX or YZ (i.e. alternatively YX, XZ, ZY).

INFORMATION: As an alternative to the TANG command, the plane of tangential control can be defined by the commands G17 (XY), G18 (ZX) or G19 (YZ). The TANG command defines the interpolation plane for circular interpolation in addition to the plane in which tangential control takes effect.

Syntax: Observe Notation of the command syntax.

TANG (<Slave axis : (X,Y,Z,A,B,C)> , <master axis1 : (X,Y,Z)>, <master axis2 : (X,Y,Z)>, <coupling factor: 1>)

Example:

 TANG(X,X,Y)

 Or, for example

 TANG(X,Y,X,1)

Implementation in the SRL program:

 Plane := XY