Master Circular Pocket Milling with Sinumerik POCKET2 Cycle
Sinumerik POCKET2 Circular pocket milling
With Sinumerik POCKET2 cycle, circular pockets can be produced.
Sinumerik POCKET2 cycle is a combined roughing/finishing cycle.
Programming
POCKET2 (RTP, RFP, SDIS, DP, DPR, PRAD, CPA, CPO,
FFD, FFP1, MID, CDIR, FAL, VARI, MIDF, FFP2, SSF)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| RTP | Return plane (absolute) |
| RFP | Reference plane (absolute) |
| SDIS | Safety distance (enter without sign) |
| DP | Final drilling depth/elongated hole depth/slot depth/pocket depth (absolute) |
| DPR | Final drilling depth/elongated hole depth/slot depth/pocket depth relative to reference plane (enter without sign) |
| PRAD | Pocket radius (enter without sign) |
| CPA | Center point circle/pocket, abscissa (absolute) |
| CPO | Center point circle/pocket, ordinate (absolute) |
| FFD | Feedrate for depth infeed |
| FFP1 | Feedrate for surface machining |
| MID | Maximum insertion depth for insertion (enter without sign) |
| CDIR | Direction of machining Values: 2 (for G2) 3 (for G3) |
| FAL | Correct finishing allowance for contour (enter without sign) |
| VARI | Machining mode 0=complete machining 1=solid machining to finishing allowance 2=only machining of finishing allowance |
| MIDF | Maximum insertion depth for final allowance |
| FFP2 | Feedrate for final allowance |
| SSF | Speed during finishing |
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