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1 w o rking with cy cles – HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 (340 551-01) User Manual

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8 Programming: Cycles

8.1 W

o

rking with Cy

cles

Group of cycles

Soft key

Cycles for pecking, reaming, boring, counterboring,
tapping and thread milling

Cycles for milling pockets, studs and slots

Cycles for producing point patterns, such as circular or
linear hole patterns

SL (Subcontour List) cycles which allow the contour-
parallel machining of relatively complex contours
consisting of several overlapping subcontours,
cylinder surface interpolation

Cycles for face milling of flat or twisted surfaces

Coordinate transformation cycles which enable datum
shift, rotation, mirror image, enlarging and reducing for
various contours

Special cycles such as dwell time, program call,
oriented spindle stop and tolerance

If you use indirect parameter assignments in fixed cycles
with numbers greater than 200 (e.g. Q210 = Q1), any
change in the assigned parameter (e.g. Q1) will have no
effect after the cycle definition. Define the cycle
parameter (e.g. Q210) directly in such cases.

If you define a feed-rate parameter for fixed cycles greater
than 200, then instead of entering a numerical value you
can use soft keys to assign the feed rate defined in the
TOOL CALL

block (FAUTO soft key), or rapid traverse (FMAX

soft key).

If you want to delete a block that is part of a cycle, the TNC
asks you whether you want to delete the whole cycle.