Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Programming Manual page 192

Measuring Cycles for Milling and Machining Centers
5.4 CYCLE977 workpiece: Measure hole/shaft/groove/web/rectangle parallel to axes
Position before measuring cycle call for shaft, web, rectangle - outside
_MVAR
2/102
4/104
6/106
The probe must be positioned at the center point in the plane and the probe ball positioned
above the upper edge such that when infeed of value _ID (sign) is applied, measurement
depth is reached.
Position before cycle call for hole, groove, rectangle - inside
_MVAR
1/101
3/103
5/105
The probe must be positioned at the center point in the plane. The probe ball must be
positioned at measurement height inside the hole/groove/rectangle.
5-58
in the plane
Shaft center point
Web center, meas. axis
Rectangle center point
in the plane
Hole center point
Groove center, meas. ax.
Rectangle center point
Programming Manual, Release 04/2006, 6FC5398-4BP10-0BA0
Pre-positioning
in applicate
Above shaft
Above web
Above rect.
Pre-positioning
in applicate
At meas. height
At meas. height
At meas. height
Measuring cycles