Operation Manual

HEIDENHAIN CNC PILOT 640 357
4.9 Drilling and milling patterns
Milling pattern circular, axial
Call the milling menu
Select slot, axial
Select ICP contour, axial
Press the Pattern circular soft key
Press Pattern circular to machine milling patterns in which the
individual features are arranged at a regular spacing in a circle or
circular arc on the face.
The parameters for creating the milling operation are also requested.
Use the following parameter combinations to define the center of the
pattern:
 XM, CM or
 XK, YK
CIRCULAR MILLING PATTERN, AXIAL
Cycle parameters
X, Z Starting point
C Spindle angle (C-axis position)—(default: current spindle
angle)
Q Number of slots
XM, CM Center of pattern in polar coordinates
XK, YK Center of pattern in Cartesian coordinates
K Pattern diameter
A Angle of 1st slot (default: 0°)
Wi Angle increment (pattern spacing)—(default: milling
operations are regularly spaced in a circle)