ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 - Manual (Page 168)

150 8 Milling and Drilling
8.1 Milling and Dr
illing
Circle Frame
A frame is a cavity or area on your part where material is removed
when you machine. You can program a circular frame by indicating the
center point and radius.
To program a circle frame:
 From the PGM screen, press the CIRCLE key to access
the Circle popup Menu.
 Select Frame from the popup Menu.
Entering Data:
 Enter the X and Y axes coordinates for the center of the frame.
 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. The last feed rate used previously in the
program will be displayed.
 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.
 Select the OFFSET from the drop down menu, or the soft keys Left,
Center
, Right, Inside, Outside.
 Enter the Z axis FEED rate. The last feed rate used previously in the
program will be displayed.