Programming and Operating Manual (Milling)
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Confirm your settings with this softkey. The cycle is then automatically transferred to the
program editor.
Milling a rectangular pocket - POCKET3
Programming
POCKET3 (_RTP, _RFP, _SDIS, _DP, _LENG, _WID, _CRAD, _PA, _PO, _STA, _MID, _FAL, _FALD, _FFP1, _FFD, _CDIR,
_VARI, _MIDA, _AP1, _AP2, _AD, _RAD1, _DP1)
_RTP REAL Retraction plane (absolute)
_RFP REAL Reference plane (absolute)
_SDIS REAL Safety clearance (enter without sign)
_DP REAL Pocket depth (absolute)
_LENG REAL Pocket length, for dimensioning from the corner with sign
_WID REAL Pocket width, for dimensioning from the corner with sign
_CRAD REAL Pocket corner radius (enter without sign)
_PA REAL Reference point for the pocket (absolute), first axis of the plane
_PO REAL Reference point for the pocket (absolute), second axis of the plane
_STA REAL Angle between the pocket longitudinal axis and the first axis of the plane (enter
without sign);
Range of values: 0° ≤ STA < 180°
_MID REAL Maximum infeed depth (enter without sign)
_FAL REAL Finishing allowance at the pocket edge (enter without sign)
_FALD REAL Finishing allowance at the base (enter without sign)
_FFP1 REAL Feedrate for surface machining
_FFD REAL Feedrate for depth infeed
_CDIR INT Milling direction: (enter without sign)
Values:
0: Down-cut milling (in the spindle direction)
1: Conventional milling
2: With G2 (independent of spindle direction)
3: With G3
_VARI INT Machining type
UNITS DIGIT
Values:
1: roughing, 2: finishing
TENS DIGIT:
Values:
0: Perpendicular to the pocket center with G0
1: Perpendicular to the pocket center with G1
2: Along a helix
3: Oscillation along the pocket longitudinal axis
The other parameters can be selected as optio
ns. They define the insertion strategy and the overlap for solid machining (to
be entered without sign):
_MIDA REAL Maximum infeed width as a value in solid machining in the plane
_AP1 REAL Blank dimension of pocket length