Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Programming Manual

Tool offsets
8.6 Tool orientation (ORIC, ORID, OSOF, OSC, OSS, OSSE, OSD, OST)
Job planning
8-30 Programming Manual, 03/2006 Edition, 6FC5398-2BP10-1BA0
8.6 8.6 Tool orientation (ORIC, ORID, OSOF, OSC, OSS, OSSE, OSD, OST)
Function
The term tool orientation describes the geometric alignment of the tool in space. The tool
orientation on a 5-axis machine tool can be set by means of program commands.
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Orientation rounding movements activated with OSD and OST are formed differently
depending on the type of interpolation for tool orientation.
If vector interpolation is active, the smoothed orientation characteristic is also interpolated
using vector interpolation. On the other hand, if round axis interpolation is active, the
orientation is smoothed directly using round axis movements.

Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Specifications

General

Series	SINUMERIK 840D
Axes	Up to 31
Channels	Up to 10
Operating System	Windows-based
Power Supply	24 V DC
Control Unit Type	CNC
Interface	Ethernet, PROFIBUS
Display	TFT color display
Interpolation	Spline
PLC	Integrated PLC
Data Storage	CompactFlash, USB