Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Manual page 28

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General information on workpiece production
Radius end mill Ball end End mill
type 110 mill types 120, 130
type 111
Tapered
Bevel cutter Bevel cutter with
die mill
type 165 corner rounding
type 1657
type 156
2.6.2 Example: Measure tool in JOG
Function
The "Measure tool" function permits the following functions:
Calibrating a dynamometer (calibrate)
Determining the tool length or the radius of milling tools or the tool length of drills and entering
this data into the tool offset memory
Requirements for using cycles
The measuring cycles must have been installed
The tool must have been loaded
The dynamometer must have been calibrated and must be active
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You can specify additional tool data for face
End mill with
corner rounding
milling depending on the tool type.
types 121, 131
In an NC program, the control system uses
this data and path corrections G41, G42 -
defined in the program - to execute the neces-
sary path and length corrections.