Measuring Cycles For Milling And Machining Centers; General Prerequisites; General Information; Overview Of Measuring Cycles - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Programming Manual

Measuring Cycles for Milling and Machining Centers

5.1

General prerequisites

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5.1.1

General information

The measuring cycles below are intended for use on milling machines and machining
centers.
Under certain conditions, workpiece measuring cycles CYCLE976, CYCLE977, and
CYCLE978 can also be used on turning machines.
To be able to run the measuring cycles described in this chapter, the following programs
must be stored in the part program memory of the control.
The measuring cycle data are defined in the data blocks:
• GUD5.DEF
• GUD6.DEF
5.1.2

Overview of measuring cycles

Cycle
CYCLE961
CYCLE971
CYCLE976
CYCLE977
CYCLE978
CYCLE979
CYCLE997
CYCLE998
Measuring cycles
Programming Manual, Release 04/2006, 6FC5398-4BP10-0BA0
Function
Workpiece: Setup inside and outside corner
Tool measurement for milling tools, calibrate tool probe
Calibrate workpiece probe in a hole or on a surface
Paraxial measurement of hole, shaft, groove, web or ZO calculation
1-point measurement or ZO determination on surface
Measurement of hole, shaft, groove, web, or ZO determination at an angle
Measuring spheres or ZO determination (from measuring cycles SW 6.3)
Angle measurement (ZO determination only)
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