Operating instructions – HEIDENHAIN PT 855 for Milling User Manual
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Operating
Instructions
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Part I: Operating Instructions
I - 1 Fundamentals of Positioning ......................................................7
I - 2 Working with POSITIP First Steps .........................................13
Before you start ................................................................................................ 13
Switch-on ......................................................................................................... 13
Operating modes .............................................................................................. 14
The HELP, MOD and INFO functions ................................................................ 14
Selecting soft-key functions .............................................................................. 15
On-screen operating instructions ....................................................................... 16
Error messages ................................................................................................ 17
Selecting the unit of measurement ................................................................... 17
Selecting the angle format ................................................................................ 17
Entering tool length and diameter ...................................................................... 18
Calling the tool data .......................................................................................... 19
Datum setting: Approaching positions and entering actual values ..................... 20
Probing functions for datum setting................................................................... 22
Displaying and moving to positions................................................................... 29
I - 3 Hole Patterns and Rectangular Pocket ....................................35
Bolt hole circle patterns .................................................................................... 35
Linear hole patterns .......................................................................................... 39
Milling a rectangular pocket .............................................................................. 43
I - 4 Programming POSITIP ..............................................................45
PROGRAMMING AND EDITING operating mode .............................................. 45
Program number ............................................................................................... 46
Deleting programs............................................................................................. 46
Editing programs ............................................................................................... 47
Entering program blocks ................................................................................... 48
Calling the tool data in a program...................................................................... 50
Calling datum points ......................................................................................... 50
Transferring positions: Teach-In mode .............................................................. 51
Hole patterns in programs ................................................................................. 56
Rectangular pocket milling in programs ............................................................ 60
Entering program interruptions .......................................................................... 63
Subprograms and program section repeats ....................................................... 64
Editing program blocks ..................................................................................... 69
Deleting program blocks ................................................................................... 70
Transferring programs over the data interface ................................................... 71
I - 5 Executing Programs ..................................................................73
I - 6 The INFO Functions:
Pocket Calculator, Stopwatch and Cutting Data Calculator ..75
To access the INFO functions ........................................................................... 75
Cutting data: Calculate spindle speed S and feed rate F.................................... 76
Stopwatch ........................................................................................................ 77
Pocket calculator functions ............................................................................... 77
I - 7User Parameters: The MOD Function ......................................7
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Scaling factors .................................................................................................. 79
Entering user parameters .................................................................................. 80
Part II: Technical Information............................................................ 81
Subject Index ....................................................................................113