| WARNING MESSAGE | Message displayed on the screen to indicate when incorrect data has been
entered or an invalid operation has been performed from the CRT/MDI panel.
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| WAVEFORM DIAGNOSIS FUNCTION | Displaying data relating to servo and spindle motor movement graphically.
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| WAYS | The flat or V-shaped bearing surfaces on a
machining tool that guide and align the parts which
they support.
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| WEAR OFFSET VALUE | The part of a tool offset value used to compensate for tool wear.
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| WHEEL DRESSER | A tool or device for dressing or
truing a grinding wheel.
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| WINDUP | Lost
notion
in
a
mechanical
system
which
is
proportional
to
the
force
or
torque
applied.
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| WIRE-FRAME | A
3-dimensional
drawing
created
by
the
projection
of
the
points
of
intersection
of
the
geometry.
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| WORD
ADDRESS
FORMAT | Addressing
each
word
in
a
block
by
one
or
more characters
which
identify
the
meaning
of
the
word
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| WORD
LENGTH | The
number
of
bits
or
characters
in
a
word
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| WORD | Set consisting of an address followed by a multiple-digit number. A word is a
component of a block.
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| WORK | A common term for a workpiece or part being
machined.
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| WORK ENVELOPE | In CNC machining, the area a cutter can reach.
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| WORK HARDENING | A workpiece tends to become harder as it is machined.
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| WORKING DRAWING | A drawing, blueprint, or sketch of
a part, structure, or machine.
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| WORKPIECE COORDIATE SYSTEM SHIFT | Shifting a workpiece coordinate system set in the CNC as required so that it
matches a workpiece coordinate system assumed during programming.
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| WORKPIECE COORDINATE SYSTEM | Coordinate system that is fixed for a workpiece and is used to machine that
workpiece.
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| WORKPIECE COORDINATE SYSTEM PRESET | Returning a workpiece coordinate system to its initial position if it has been
shifted manually.
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| WORKPIECE ORIGIN OFFSET VALUE | Offset of the origin of a workpiece coordinate system from the machine zero
point. If an external workpiece origin offset value is given, an offset from the
machine zero point is defined by combining the external workpiece origin offset
and the workpiece origin offset.
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| WORKPIECE ZERO POINT MANUAL SETTING FUNCTION | Specifying the workpiece origin offset on the workpiece origin offset screen so
that the current position matches the specified origin.
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| WORLD
CO-ORDINATES
(ROBOTS) | The
co-ordinate
system
by
which
a
point
in
space
is
defined
in
three
cartesian
co-ordinates
and
three
orientation
or
polar
co-ordinates
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| WORM | The threaded cylinder or shaft designed to
mesh with a worm gear.
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| WORM GEAR | A gear with helical teeth made to
conform with the thread of the mating worm.
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| WRIST
(ROBOTS) | The
element
of
a
robot
which
applies
orientation
to
a
tool.
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| WROUGHT IRON | A commercially pure form of iron
with minute slag inclusions which make it soft,
tough, and malleable.
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