Thread Drilling/Milling (Cycle) - HEIDENHAIN ITNC 530 User Manual

THREAD DRILLING/MILLING (Cycle 264)
1 The TNC positions the tool in the tool axis at rapid traverse FMAX
to the programmed set-up clearance above the workpiece surface.
Drilling
2 The tool drills to the first plunging depth at the programmed feed
rate for plunging.
3 If you have programmed chip breaking, the tool then retracts by
the entered retraction value. If you are working without chip
breaking, the tool is moved at rapid traverse to the set-up
clearance and then at FMAX to the entered starting position above
the first plunging depth.
4 The tool then advances with another infeed at the programmed
feed rate.
5 The TNC repeats this process (2 to 4) until the programmed total
hole depth is reached.
Countersinking at front
6 The tool moves at the feed rate for pre-positioning to the sinking
depth at front.
7 The TNC positions the tool without compensation from the center
on a semicircle to the offset at front, and then follows a circular
path at the feed rate for countersinking.
8 The tool then moves in a semicircle to the hole center.
Thread milling
9 The TNC moves the tool at the programmed feed rate for pre-
positioning to the starting plane for the thread. The starting plane
is determined from the thread pitch and the type of milling (climb
or up-cut).
10 Then the tool moves tangentially on a helical path to the thread
diameter and mills the thread with a 360° helical motion.
11 After this, the tool departs the contour tangentially and returns to
the starting point in the working plane.
12 At the end of the cycle, the TNC retracts the tool in rapid traverse
to set-up clearance or, if programmed, to the 2nd set-up clearance
336 8 Programming: Cycles