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Notes
Milling Section 5
Unit
Machining
direction
(Path milling)
Machining in the programmed contour direction
Forward
The machining takes place in the pro-
grammed contour direction
Backward
The machining takes place against the pro-
grammed contour direction
Machining
location
(Rectangular
pocket)
(Longitudinal
slot)
Single location
Milling a rectangular pocket at the pro-
grammed location (X0, Y0, Z0) .
Location pattern
Location MCALL
Machining
location
(circular
pocket)
Single location
Milling a circular pocket at the programmed
location (X0, Y0, Z0).
Location pattern
Several circular pockets are milled on a loca-
tion pattern (e.g. full circle, pitch circle, grid
etc.).
Machining
location
(Rectangular
/circular
spigot)
Single location
Milling a rectangular/circular spigot at a pro-
grammed location (X0, Y0, Z0).
Location pattern
Location with MCALL.