Circular path CP around pole CC

Application

You use the circular path function CP to program a circular path around the defined pole.

Requirement

Description of function

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The control moves the tool on a circular path from the current position to the defined end point. The starting point is the end point of the preceding NC block.

The distance from the starting point to the pole is automatically both the polar coordinate radius PR as well as the radius of the circular path. You define the polar coordinate angle PA that the control moves to with this radius.

Programming a circular path CP

  1. To program a circular path with CP:
C

  1. Select C
P

  1. Select P
  2. Define the polar coordinate angle PA
  3. Select the direction of rotation
  4. Define the feed rate, if necessary
  5. Define a miscellaneous function, if necessary

Notes

  • In the Form workspace you can toggle between the syntaxes for Cartesian and polar coordinate entry.
  • If you define PA incrementally, you must define the direction of rotation with the same algebraic sign.
  • Consider this behavior when importing NC programs from earlier controls, and adapt the NC programs if necessary.

Example