
B-63944EN-2/02 PROGRAMMING 5.FUNCTIONS TO SIMPLIFY PROGRAMMING
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Operation 1
Feed
Initial level
Operation 2
Operation 6
Point R level
Operation 5
Operation 3
Rapid traverse
Operation 4
Fig. 5.1 (a) Operation sequence of canned cycle for drilling
- Positioning plane
The positioning plane is determined by plane selection code G17, G18,
or G19.
The positioning axis is an axis other than the drilling axis.
- Drilling axis
Although canned cycles for drilling include tapping and boring cycles
as well as drilling cycles, in this chapter, only the term drilling will be
used to refer to operations implemented with canned cycles.
The drilling axis is a basic axis (X, Y, or Z) not used to define the
positioning plane, or any axis parallel to that basic axis.
The axis (basic axis or parallel axis) used as the drilling axis is
determined according to the axis address for the drilling axis specified
in the same block as G codes G73 to G89.
If no axis address is specified for the drilling axis, the basic axis is
assumed to be the drilling axis.
Table 5.1 (b) Positioning plane and drilling axis
G code Positioning plane Drilling axis
G17 Xp-Yp plane Zp
G18 Zp-Xp plane Yp
G19 Yp-Zp plane Xp
Xp: X axis or an axis parallel to the X axis
Yp: Y axis or an axis parallel to the Y axis
Zp: Z axis or an axis parallel to the Z axis