Rectangle frame, 1 milling and dr illing – ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 User Manual
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8 Milling and Drilling
8.1 Milling and Dr
illing
Rectangle Frame
When you program a rectangular frame, you define it by its first corner,
and its size or diagonal corner. You can program a frame in one of two
ways:
Using the coordinates of two diagonal corners.
Using the coordinates of one corner and the size of the pocket.
To program a rectangular frame:
From the PGM screen, press the RECT key to access the
RECT
popup Menu.
Select Frame 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 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 frame to
its End depth. Which choice is shown in the dialogue was selected
in Job Setup.
Enter the Z axis FEED rate.