Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual page 309

Contour milling/solid machining
Note
● When selecting the milling tool, please make sure that the tool diameter is large enough to
cut the intended pocket. A message will be displayed if you make a mistake.
● If you want to finish cut the pocket, you must assign parameters UXY and UZ accordingly
and add a second solid machining cycle for finishing.
5. Milling a rectangular pocket (large)
Milling
Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868956
1. Press the "Contour milling" and "Pocket" softkeys.
2. Enter the following technology parameters:
T End_mill_20mm
3. Enter the following parameters:
Machining ∇
Z0 0abs
Z1 10inc
DXY 40%
DZ 3.5
UXY 0mm
UZ 0
Starting point Auto
Insertion Helical
EP 1.0
ER 2.0
Lift mode
4. Press the "Accept" softkey.
1. Press the "Milling", "Pocket" and "Rectangular pocket" softkeys.
The "Rectangular Pocket" input window opens.
2. Enter the following technology parameters:
T End mill_10mm
3. Enter the following parameters:
Reference point
Creating a ShopMill program
9.18 Example, standard machining
D1 F 0.1 mm/tooth
Select, e.g. to the retraction plane
D1 F 0.04 mm/tooth V 260 m/min
V 240 m/min
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