Circular Milling - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual

14.5.3.2

Circular milling

You can use this function for a simple circular machining.
Procedure
Parameter
Parameter
F
Circle input
Direction of rotation
Z
X
K
Milling
Operating Manual, 03/2013, 6FC5398-7CP40-3BA1
1. "Manual Machine" is active.
2. Press the "Straight circle" softkey.
3. Press the "Circle" softkey.
4. Specify the desired value for the feedrate F.
5. Select the desired circle input (e.g. "End point + radius") and the
direction of rotation.
6. Enter the target position as well as the circle center point or radius.
Using the "Graphic view" softkey, you can toggle between the help
screen and the graphic view in the screen.
Description
Feedrate
End point + center point
•
End point + radius
•
Target position in the Z direction (abs and inc)
Target position in the X direction (abs and inc)
Center of the circle K (inc) - only if circle input via end point and center point
Note:
Incremental dimensions: The sign is also evaluated.
Working with Manual Machine
14.5 Simple workpiece machining
Unit
mm/min
mm/rev
mm
mm
mm
mm
657