Cycles
2.4 Drilling cycles
Turning Part 2: Programming (Siemens instructions)
Programming and Operating Manual, 05/2012, 6FC5398-5DP10-0BA0
117
Programming example2
The easiest way to centre drill a hole prior to drilling is to use either the CYCLE81 without
dwell at hole depth or CYCLE82 with dwell at hole depth cycles. The cycles can be found
and parameterised from the "Drill." softkey.
"Drill." 1. From the program editor screen, press "Drill.".
"Center
drilling"
2. From the vertical softkey bar, select "Center drilling".
3. Select the vertical "Center drilling" softkey from the opened lower-level
screen. The "Retract plane, absolute" screen for CYCLE 82 opens.
Parameterise the cycle according to the requirement.
"OK" 4. Press "OK" to transfer the values and cycle all into the part program. A hole
is drilled at the current position.
N420 CYCLE82(5.00000, 0.00000, 2.00000, -20.00000, 0.00000, 0.50000