
4. SIDE CUTTING TYPES OF CYCLE MOTIONS B-63424EN/03
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FEED RATE
: The feed rate of the tool.
CUTTING
WIDTH%
: The machining allowance of one path in the XY
direction. It is specified a rate (5) of the tool. (less
than 70%) ( For ROUGH, B-FIN)
Z-CUT FEED
RATE
: The cutting feed rate in Z axis direction from
point R.
(Point R = END POINT Z + BOTTOM
REMOVAL + CLEARANCE)
COMP.
DIRECTION
: Select the direction of compensation from the
following soft-keys. [LEFT (side)], [RIGHT
(side)]
By pushing [DETAIL], the following pop-up window is displayed.
CLEARANCE
: The amount of clearance for cutting feed in the Z
axis at the approach or escape movement. The
default data is 3mm.
CUT
DIRECTION
: Select the cutting direction from the following
soft-keys.
[DOWNCT (down-cut)], [UPCUT (up-cut)]
Down-cut : Rotation of the cutting tool in the
forward direction.
Up-cut : Rotation of the cutting tool in the
reverse direction.
LEFT
RIGHT
CLEARANCE L= 3.000
CUT DIRECTION U= DOWNCT
APPROACH TYPE A= CIRCLE
APPROACH RADIUS M= 5.000
APPROACH ANGLE N= 90.000
ESCAPE TYPE R= CIRCLE
ESCAPE RADIUS W= 5.000
ESCAPE ANGLE X= 90.000
CONTOUR SIDE
DETAIL