ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 - Manual (Page 166)

148 8 Milling and Drilling
8.1 Milling and Dr
illing
Circular Milling Functions
MILLPWR
G2
offers several circular milling functions that let you
program pockets, frames, ring, and helix. Refer to Chapter 1,
"Operating in 2 Axes and 3 Axes Modes" on page 9 for information
regarding 2 Axes Systems.
Circle Pocket
A pocket is a cavity or area on your part where material is removed
when you machine. You can program a circular pocket by indicating
the center point and radius.
To program a circular pocket:
 From the PGM screen, press the CIRCLE key to access
the Circle popup Menu.
 Select Pocket from the popup Menu.
Entering Data:
 Enter the X and Y axes coordinates for the center of the pocket.
 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 radius.
 For DIRECTION, press either the CW soft key for a clockwise
cutting direction or the CCW soft key for a counter-clockwise cutting
direction.
 The TOOL fields will automatically be filled in with the current tool
loaded.
 Enter the Z axis FEED rate. The last feed rate used previously in the
program will be displayed.