ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 - Manual (Page 162)

144 8 Milling and Drilling
8.1 Milling and Dr
illing
Rectangle Face
The “Rectangle Face” step provides a quick way to face off your
workpiece. Simply enter the coordinates from one corner and either
the size of the area to be faced off or the coordinates for a diagonal
corner. MILLPWR
G2
will position your table at the lower left end of the
area you've programmed.
You can program a rectangle face 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 face:
 From the PGM screen, press the RECT key to access the
RECT popup Menu.
 Select Face 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 pocket
to its End depth. Which choice is shown in the dialogue was
selected in Job Setup.
 Enter the Z axis FEED rate.
 ARROW down or press the More soft key.
 You can tilt the face by identifying a tilt angle. Highlight the ANGLE
field and enter an angle measured from the X axis.
 Enter a stepover percentage (how much the tool to is to overlap on
each pass) for the FINISH pass.