Universal Milling Head; Fundamentals Of Universal Milling Head - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Function Manual

F2: Multi-axis transformations

1.5 Universal milling head

1.5 Universal milling head
1.5.1

Fundamentals of universal milling head

Note
The following description of the universal milling head transformation has been formulated on
the assumption that the reader has already read and understood the general 5-axis
transformation described in Chapter "5-axis Transformation". Please note that where no
specific statements relating to the universal milling head are made in the following section,
the statements relating to general 5-axis transformation apply.
Applications
A universal milling head is used for machining contours of sculptured parts at high feedrates.
An excellent degree of machining accuracy is achieved thanks to the rigidity of the head.
Figure 1-17
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Universal milling head
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