The UNLOAD Command [MLE]

The UNLOAD command is used to cut the wire on a wire EDM and to unload tools and heads on mills and lathes.

Wire EDM machines

\textbf{UNLOAD}\;\textbf{/}\;\begin{pmatrix}\!\begin{array}{l}\textbf{WIRE}\\\textbf{TOOL}\end{array}\!\end{pmatrix}

Causes the wire to be cut. The choice of TOOL or WIRE keyword is not important.

The wire can also be cut by loading wire zero. The following are equivalent:

UNLOAD/WIRE
LOAD/WIRE,0

Mill and Lathe machines

\textbf{UNLOAD}\;\textbf{/}\;\begin{pmatrix}\!\begin{array}{l}\textbf{TOOL}\\\textbf{HEAD}\end{array}\!\end{pmatrix}

Causes the current tool or head to be unloaded. Depending on the machine, unloading a tool or head may leave the device empty, or may result in a plug being loaded.

Other tool or head options can be specified following the TOOL or HEAD keywords. See the TOOLNO command for a complete list of allowable options. Any such options specified are stored in an internal tooling table for the current tool/head being unloaded and will be used on subsequent related tooling commands. Tool and head options are modal and need only be specified once, ideally on a TOOLNO command.

A tool (or head) can also be unloaded by loading tool (or head) zero. The following are equivalent:

UNLOAD/TOOL
LOAD/TOOL,0

UNLOAD/HEAD
LOAD/HEAD,0