
Manual Guide M Pocketing
GE Fanuc Automation S.A. - 98 -
GFKE-0046-EN/01
7. 2 Square Pocket (G230)
7. 2. 1 Pocket roughing
Several Pocketing Cycles are available, please see
below.
By pushing [SQUARE ], the following pop-up window
is displayed. The all items are changed according to
“MACH. PROCESS”.
Roughing 1/2
MACH. PROCESS
Select the machining process from the
Soft-Key. [ROUGH]
END POINT Z
Z coordinate of the final machined surface.
REMOVAL DEPTH
Input the depth of pocket
REMOVAL STEP
In case that pocket removal depth can not be
cut at once, a pitch/step can be input. If
nothing is input, cut is done at once
(Roughing and Side-finish only).
Z FINISH AMOUNT
In case of finishing should be performed, input
here the finishing amount. This value will be
remained during roughing
(Pre set value is 0.000).
SIDE FINISH AMOUNT
In case of finishing should be performed, input
here the finishing amount. This value will be
remained during roughing
(Pre set value is 0.000).
CUTTING WIDTH %
The machining overlapping in one path of XY
plane. It is the & of tool diameter (less 70%).
FEED RATE
Cutting feed rate for pocketing.
Roughing 1/2
Important note
Data for tool preparation, spindle speed and tool length
compensation has to be performed before in menu
'TOOL', 'MSF' and 'COMP'.