Longitudinal Groove (Slot1) - Siemens sinumerik 840D sl Operating Manual

8.4.7

Longitudinal groove (SLOT1)

Function
You can use the "Longitudinal groove" function to mill any longitudinal groove.
The following machining methods are available:
● Mill longitudinal groove from solid material.
● Pre-drill longitudinal groove in the center first if, for example, the milling cutter does not
Approach/retraction
1. The tool approaches the center point of the slot at rapid traverse at the height of the
2. The tool is inserted into the material according to the method selected.
3. The longitudinal slot is always machined from inside out using the selected machining
4. The tool moves back to the safety distance at rapid traverse.
Machining method
You can select any of the following machining methods for milling the longitudinal slot:
● Roughing
● Finishing
● Edge finishing
● Chamfering
Turning
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cut in the center (program the drilling, longitudinal groove and position program blocks in
succession).
retraction plane and adjusts to the safety distance.
method.
Roughing involves machining the individual planes of the slot one after the other from the
inside out, until depth Z1 or X1 is reached.
During finishing, the edge is always machined first. The slot edge is approached on the
quadrant that joins the corner radius. During the last infeed, the base is finished from the
center out.
Edge finishing is performed in the same way as finishing, except that the last infeed (base
finishing) is omitted.
Chamfering involves breaking the upper edge of the slot.
Programming technology functions (cycles)
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