M-Series Operator’s Manual 4/9/2015 10-25
Width: Y-axis dimension of the area to be faced. If a negative value is entered for the width, the facing will occur in
the negative Y-axis direction from the Y-axis start position; otherwise, facing will occur in the positive Y-axis
direction from the Y-axis start position.
Depth: Incremental amount of material to be removed from Surface Height.
Step Increment: Distance that the cutter will step over in the Y direction for each pass.
Plunge Rate: Z-axis speed of descent during facing.
The plunge rate can be toggled to modal, fixed or slave, this is indicated by the symbol beside the plunge rate field. If
the plunge rate is modal then it will have the “M” symbol or if it is fixed it will have the “F” symbol. The slave plunge
rate has no symbol and is set to the last modal plunge rate set in the program, when the modal plunge rate changes all
the following slave plunge rates change until the next modal plunge rate is encountered.
Feedrate: Speed of the cutter during facing.
The feedrate can be toggled to modal, fixed or slave, this is indicated by the symbol beside the feedrate field. If the
feedrate is modal then it will have the “M” symbol or if it is fixed it will have the “F” symbol shown below. The slave
feedrate has no symbol and is set to the last modal feedrate set in the program, when the modal feedrate changes all the
following slave feedrates change until the next modal feedrate is encountered.
Rectangular Pocket (F5 in the Canned Cycle Menu)
Pressing F5 - Rect. Pocket from the Canned Cycle Selection Menu displays the following screen:
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