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2. MACHINING MENU DESCRIPTIONS
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2.12.2 Creating and editing a U–axis machining program
2.12.2.1 Outer contour (ZU01)
INPUT THE Z COORD OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE WORKPIECE.
PROCES
WINDOW
F.S.
AUTO
INPUT
END
GUIDAN
CE
TOOL
INFORM
PROGRAM O0010(U–AXIS DEMO) PAGE :01/ CREATING
U–AXIS MACHIN:OUTER CONTOR
NO. CYCLE PROCESS TOOL NAME
001 AUXILIARY INITAL SETING
MAX NUM.OF TOOLS–10
GROUP COPY :YB= UNUSED OUTER WIDE : X= TOOL ID NO. : T=
COORDINATES : W= * FINISHU : U= 0.
WK SURFACE :YA= * FINISHZ : Y= 0.
EFFEC HEIGH : V= CUT–SPD CNST:YF= EFFECT
T
X
U
YV
K
E
(R,Z)
YA
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GUIDAN
CE
U–AXS MACHIN:OUTER
GROUP COPY :YB= UNUSED OUTER WIDE : X= 100. TOOL ID NO. : T= 121.
COORDIANTES : W= * FINISHU : U= 1.
WK SURFACE :YA= 0. FINISHZ : Y= 0.
EFFEC HEIGH : V= 30. CUT–SPD CNST:YF= EFFECT
001 AUXILIARY INI
NO. CYCLE PRO
INPUT THE TOOL ID NUMBER OF THE TOOL TO BE USED.
WINDOW
CHANGE
F.S.
AUTO
INPUT
END
TOOL
INFORM
PROGRAM O0010(U–AXIS DEMO) PAGE :01/ CREATING
CUTTING DATA1/1 PROCESS2 PROCESS1
TOOL ID NO. T= 123.
TOOL NAME Q=OUT–GENRAL OUT–GENRAL
PROCESS B= FINISHING ROUGHING
H OFFSET NO. H= 121. 123.
D OFFSET./DIA.D= 121. 123.
CUT PT. U/R R= * *
CUT PT. Z/Z Z= * *
ESCAPE/DWELL E= 0. 1.111
COOLANT M= COOLNT M7 COOLNT M7
CUT/SPIN–SPD S= 40. 50.
FEED RATE F= 50. 100.
CUT–DPTH K= * 5.
S–DRCT. YD= NORMAL NORMAL
121.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
YB GROUP
COPY
UNUSED A–GROUP B–GROUP C–GROUP
W COORDI-
NATES
UNUSED WORK CO
1
WORK CO
2
WORK CO
3
WORK CO
4
WORK CO
5
WORK CO
6
YF CUT–SPD
CNST
EFFECT INEFFECT
B PROCESS ROUGH-
ING
FINISH
M COOLANT COOLANT
M7
COOLANT
M8
NONE
YD DIRECTION
OF ROTA-
TION
FORWARD REVERSE
(1) Screen explanation
This menu is always selected first when outer U–axis machining of an arbitrary figure is to be performed
using the contour function.
Input the Z–direction position data necessary for the contour program and the data related to the tool.
When a tool ID No. (T) is input, the machining process is automatically determined with the previous tool.
There are two machining processes, that is, roughing and finishing.