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User's Manual ISO TNC 360 (260020xx, 280490xx) - heidenhain

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8 Cycles<br />

8.3 SL Cycles<br />

<strong>TNC</strong> <strong>360</strong><br />

Subcontour list (SL) cycles are very powerful cycles that enable you to mill<br />

any required contour. They are characterized by the following features:<br />

• A contour can consist of superimposed subcontours. Pockets and<br />

islands compose the subcontours.<br />

• The subcontours are programmed as subprograms.<br />

• The control automatically superimposes the subcontours and calculates<br />

the points of intersection of the subcontours with each other.<br />

Cycle G37: CONTOUR GEOMETRY contains the subcontour list and is a<br />

purely geometric cycle, containing no cutting data or infeed values.<br />

The machining data are defined in the following cycles:<br />

• PILOT DRILLING G56<br />

• ROUGH-OUT G57<br />

• CONTOUR MILLING G58/G59<br />

Each subprogram defines whether radius compensation G41 or G42<br />

applies. The sequence of points determines the direction of rotation in<br />

which the contour is to be machined. The control deduces from these<br />

data whether the specific subprogram describes a pocket or an island:<br />

• For a pocket the tool path is inside the contour<br />

• For an island the tool path is outside the contour<br />

• The way the SL contour is machined is determined by MP 7420.<br />

• We recommend a graphical test run before you machine the part. This will show whether all contours were<br />

correctly defined.<br />

• All coordinate transformations are allowed in the subprograms for the subcontours.<br />

• F and M words are ignored in the subprograms for the subcontours.<br />

The following examples will at first use only the ROUGH-OUT cycle.<br />

Later, as the examples become more complex, the full range of possibilities<br />

of this group of cycles will be illustrated.<br />

Programming parallel axes<br />

Machining operations can also be programmed in parallel axes as SL<br />

cycles. The parallel axes must lie in the working plane. (In this case,<br />

graphic simulation is not available).<br />

Input<br />

Parallel axes must be programmed in the first coordinate block (positioning<br />

block, I,J,K block) of the first subprogram that is called with cycle G37:<br />

CONTOUR GEOMETRY. All other coordinates are then ignored.<br />

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