ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 - Manual (Page 158)

140 8 Milling and Drilling
8.1 Milling and Dr
illing
Rectangular Milling Functions
MILLPWR
G2
offers several rectangular milling functions that let you
program pockets, frames, faces and slots. For 2 axes systems, Refer
to Chapter 1, "Operating in 2 Axes and 3 Axes Modes" on page 9.
Rectangle Pocket
A pocket is a cavity or area on the part where material is removed
when you machine. You can program a rectangular pocket two ways:
 Using the coordinates of two diagonal corners.
 Using the coordinates of one corner and the size of the pocket. The
X and Y size can be positive or negative dimensions which allows
the 1st corner to be any of the corners of the pocket.
 From the PGM screen, press the RECT key to access the
RECT popup Menu.
 Select Pocket from the popup Menu.
Entering Data
 Enter the 1st CORNER X1 and Y1 axes coordinates.
 Now enter either the SIZE of the pocket or the 2nd CORNER
coordinates.
 Either data entry will automatically fill in the fields for the other
option.
 To enter the SIZE, enter the length of the pocket along the X and Y
axes.
 Or enter the X and Y axes coordinates for the 2nd CORNER. The 2nd
corner must be located diagonally from the 1st corner.
 Enter the BEGIN and END depths for Z.
 Enter either the number of passes or the distance between each
pass. PASS refers to the cuts that are used to machine the pocket
to its End depth. Which choice is shown in the dialogue was
selected in Job Setup.
 Enter the Z axis FEED rate.
 Add a corner blend radius to the corners of the rectangular pocket.
 For DIRECTION, press either the CW soft key for a clockwise
cutting direction or the CCW soft key for a counter-clockwise cutting
direction.