
Manual Guide M Details of Menu
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2. 8 Contour Programming
This menu enables the Operator to define data for
free "CONTOUR" machining. This function can be
used in conjunction with:
CONTOUR SIDE or
CONTOUR POCKET or
CONTOUR GROOVE
First, one of above mentioned CONTOUR menus
must be defined!
Details for above mentioned Menu's described later in
following Chapters.
• Contour Side
• Contour Pocket
• Contour Groove
After pushing the soft-key 'CONTOUR', the following
Soft-key's are displayed:
Note
Contour data can be used even as separate Sub-
Program. In this case the 'Contour' data profile can be
called by M98 P**** from other Contour Menus.
In this case, the same contour profile can be used for
'Contour Pocket', for 'Contour Side' machining or
'Contour Groove' machining.
Note:
Moving to the 'Start Point' of the Contour is defined in
the a.m. menus in 'Detail Set' as :
APPROACH at beginning
ESCAPE at the end
There are three different ways to
Approach or Escape:
1. Circle tangential
2. Line tangent
3. Line normal
Please see detailed description later.