Siemens CNC Training from Bleier CNC Training / Norman L Bleier

My special expertise is machine side training of programmers and operators on problematic, complex, machines. My typical visit is 2 1/2 days (20 hours). Email me BleierCNCTraining@gmail.com or call me (847) 917-8145 if I can be of service to you

Contact me for a free copy of my book "CNC: A Contemporary Explanation." I don't plan to publish in order to limit its distribution to North American. Email me at  bleiercnctraining@gmail.com. Tell me the name/location of your employer and something about your machines/workpieces. Tell me the school you attend if you are a student.

 

 

Here is the first paragraph of the Preface:

This book is about the NC programming language of the Sinumerik 840D CNC by Siemens for experienced CNC workers and engineers. Many of the chapters are summaries of my practice with 840D machines. In order to write about this practice I have had to reinvent the explanation of CNC from the ground up. This is why this book could be useful to individuals who are new to the CNC workshop and more competitive students of CNC training programs. For these readers the book aims to tease out of the XYZ vertical mill and ZX horizontal lathe a broader and deeper explanation of CNC.

 

Here is the Table of Contents:

MNEMONICS LIST

VENDER CNC AND THE 840D

CNC MODES - AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL

A DISCUSSION ON TECHNOLOGY

THE 808D SIMULATOR FOR PC

SIEMENS and FANUC: ALIKE and DIFFERENT

WHEN THE CNC DOES MORE THAN THE MANUAL SAYS

CARRYING FORWARD LEGACY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CNC

METROLOGY and THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW TO OPERATE A 3-AXIS VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER

SIEMENS TRAINING

DEFINITIONS TO GET STARTED

SIDE CUTTING – A BEGINNING EXAMPLE

A TURNING EXAMPLE

INTERPOLATION EXPLAINED

G54, FRAMES AND THE FRAME STACK (IT IS MORE THAN G54)

READING and WRITING TO G54 (OR THE ONE USED)

G500 TO G599: 100 SETTABLE ZERO OFFSETS

MANUALLY SETTING G54 (OR THE ONE USED)

ABSOLUTE ZERO AND MY OLD MACHINE

SYNCHRONIZING THE CNC TO THE SPACE OF THE MACHINE

PRINCIPLES OF MACHINE SETUP

ACTUALLY SETTING TOOL LENGTH OFFSET

APPLYING SETUP PRINCIPLES TO MILLS

APPLYING SETUP PRINCIPLES TO LATHES

THE FIRST TOOL METHOD / A GANG OF TOOLS

THE VERTICAL GANTRY MILL WITH A C-AXIS ROTARY TABLE

ZERO OFFSET SETTING WITH MEAS.WORKP and SET WO

GUD - GLOBAL USER DATA AND DEF FILES

MAC FILES and MACRO SUBSTITUTIONS

LEARNING FROM EXAMPLES

SUBROUTINES (SPF FILES) AND PROGRAM NESTING

M-CODES (AKA, MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS)

T-CODES FOR TOOL CHANGE

READING/WRITING TO THE ACTIVE D-CODE FROM THE PROGRAM

S-CODES and THE SPINDLE FUNCTION

TYPES OF CUTTER RADIUS COMPENSATION

TRANSMIT MILLING (TRANSFORMATION MILLING INTO TURNING)

CYCLE95 STOCK REMOVAL: FAMILY-OF-PARTS TURNING

CYCLE952: CYCLE95 ON STEROIDS

ATTACHMENT HEADS FOR SWIVEL PLANE MACHINING

INTRODUCTION TO SWIVEL PLANE MACHINING

THE TCARR DATA BLOCK: HOW CYCLE800 DOES IT

SWIVEL PLANE MACHINING, THE D-CODE VERSUS THE PROGRAMMABLE FRAME

SWIVEL PLANE MACHINING, TRAORI and THE PROGRAMMABLE FRAME

VECTOR MACHINING WITH TRAORI

5-SIDED MACHINING WITH TCARR and THE PROGRAMMABLE FRAME

CYCLE800: A ROTARY POSITION CALCULATOR (AND MORE)

CYCLE800: THE CHOPPED CORNER

CYCLE800 TO TRAORI (TCARR TO TRAORI)

5-AXIS, TRAORI and THE NAS 979 CONE FRUSTUM WITH CONICAL INTERPOLATION

SIMPLY TRAORI

TRAORI and THE CONE FRUSTUM IN G01

LINEAR INTERPOLATION and THE PATH PARAMETER

TRAORI ACTIVE FOR SETUP

SERVO: NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN ACTION

G-CODES FOR BLOCK TRANSITIONS: CYCLE 832 and HIGH SPEED MACHINING

KINEMATICS OF THE BRIDGEPORT MILL: 8 AXES IN 3D SPACE

MACHINE, CHANNEL and GEOMETRY AXES (GEOAX:)

KINDS OF AXES

INCHES/MILLIMETERS: ENGLISH/METRIC:

INVERSE FRAME TRANSFORMATION FM SYSTEM 2 TO SYSTEM 1

CELL MACHINING - ORGANIZATION OF THE APPLICATION

CNC Screw Machines / Multi-Spindle Machines

THE INVENTION NC/CNC

SAFETY

DO NOT CRASH THE MACHINE

TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CNC CAREER

SIEMENS MANUALS

SYSTEN VARIABLES (for reverse engineering programs)

G-CODE LIST BY GROUPS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Program for NAS 979 Cone Frustum in 5-axis

Here is my program to do the NAS cone frustum. The program will run on any 840D machine because the block formats are kinematic independent. However, if run on a horizontal boring machine with a forked head (or a similar vertical machine), if the C-axis is not endless, it will have to be modified to rewind a C-axis that cannot do a full circle.  

 

The program does circular interpolation of the path and conical interpolation of the orientation. It assumes a 2" side cutting end mill with approximately 6 inches of flute. The program does one pass. By changing b_radius to a smaller number and running again, it takes off more stock.

 

Email me at bleiercnctraining@gmail.com for more information.

 

;NAS 979 CONE FRUSTUM.MPF

N05 DEF REAL b_radius=5.6698

N10 DEF REAL _insert=1.40, _delta=0.4 ;the value ISD on the figure next page

N15 DEF REAL  _z_home=17 ;a retract position

N20 FGROUP(X,Y,Z);this is usually the default

N25 T2 ;2 inch cylindrical side cutter

N30 M6

N35 S1200 M3

N40 G0 SUPA Z=_z_home D0

N45 TRAORI

N50 ROT Y10 ;to get true 5-axis motion

N55 G54 G0 X=b_radius+1 Y=b_radius/3 A3=-sin(15) B3=0 C3=cos(15) M8

N60 Z0 D1 F=50 ;Z2.5 is top surface

N65 G64 CUT3DC ORIWKS

N70 East: G01 G41 X=b_radius Y=0 ISD=_insert A3=-sin(15) B3=0 C3=cos(15)

N75 South: G02 X=0 Y=-b_radius CR=b_radius ISD=_insert-_delta A3=0 B3=sin(15) C3=cos(15) ORICONCW A6=0 B6=0  C6=1

N80 West: G02 X=-b_radius Y=0 CR=b_radius ISD=_insert-2*_delta A3=sin(15) B3=0 C3=cos(15) A6=0 B6=0 C6=1

N85 North: G02 X=0 Y=b_radius CR=b_radius ISD=_insert-_delta A3=0 B3=-sin(15) C3=cos(15) A6=0 B6=0 C6=1

N90 East: G02 X=b_radius Y=0 CR=b_radius ISD=_insert A3=-sin(15) B3=0 C3=cos(15) A6=0 B6=0 C6=1

N95 Escape: ORIVECT G1 X=b_radius Y=-b_radius/3 ISD=_insert A3=-sin(15) B3=0 C3=cos(15)

N100 G40 G0 X10 A3=0 B3=0 C3=1

N105 ROT

N110 TRAFOOF

N115 G0 SUPA Z=_z_home D0 M3 M9

N120 M30