Cycle run – HEIDENHAIN TNC 620 (340 56x-02) Cycle programming User Manual
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Fixed Cycles: Pocket Milling / Stud Milling / Slot Milling
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5.3 CIRCULAR POCKET (Cycle 252,
DIN/ISO: G252, Advanced 
Programming Features 
Software Option)
Cycle run
Use Cycle 252 CIRCULAR POCKET to completely machine circular 
pockets. Depending on the cycle parameters, the following machining 
alternatives are available:
Complete machining: Roughing, floor finishing, side finishing
Only roughing
Only floor finishing and side finishing
Only floor finishing
Only side finishing
Roughing
1
The tool plunges into the workpiece at the pocket center and 
advances to the first plunging depth. Specify the plunging strategy 
with Parameter Q366.
2
The TNC roughs out the pocket from the inside out, taking the 
overlap factor (Parameter Q370) and the finishing allowances 
(parameters Q368 and Q369) into account.
3
At the end of the roughing operation, the TNC moves the tool 
tangentially away from the pocket wall, then moves by the setup 
clearance above the current pecking depth and returns from there 
at rapid traverse to the pocket center.
4
This process is repeated until the programmed pocket depth is 
reached.
Finishing
5
Inasmuch as finishing allowances are defined, the TNC then 
finishes the pocket walls, in multiple infeeds if so specified. The 
pocket wall is approached tangentially.
6
Then the TNC finishes the floor of the pocket from the inside out. 
The pocket floor is approached tangentially.
