Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl User manual

SINUMERIK
SINUMERIK 840D sl/828D
Milling
Operating Manual
Valid for:
SINUMERIK 840D sl / 840DE sl / 828D
Software Version
CNC system software for 840D sl/ 840DE sl V4.8 SP1
SINUMERIK Operate for PCU/PC V4.8 SP1
05/2017
A5E40868956
Preface
Fundamental safety
instructions 1
Introduction 2
Operating with gestures 3
Setting up the machine 4
Execution in manual mode 5
Machining the workpiece 6
Simulating machining 7
Generating a G code program 8
Creating a ShopMill program 9
Programming technological
functions (cycles) 10
Multi-channel view 11
Collision avoidance (only
840D sl) 12
Tool management 13
Managing programs 14
Alarm, error, and system
messages 15
Continued on next page

Siemens AG
Division Digital Factory
Postfach 48 48
90026 NÜRNBERG
GERMANY
A5E40868956
Ⓟ 05/2017 Subject to change
Copyright © Siemens AG 2008 - 2017.
All rights reserved

SINUMERIK 840D sl/828D
Milling
Operating Manual
Continued
Working with Manual
Machine 16
Teaching in a program 17
HT 8 18
Widescreen format multi-
touch panels (840D sl only) 19
Ctrl-Energy 20
Easy Message (828D only) 21
Easy Extend (828D only) 22
Service Planner (828D only) 23
Edit PLC user program (828D
only) 24
Appendix A

Legal information
Warning notice system
This manual contains notices you have to observe in order to ensure your personal safety, as well as to prevent
damage to property. The notices referring to your personal safety are highlighted in the manual by a safety alert
symbol, notices referring only to property damage have no safety alert symbol. These notices shown below are
graded according to the degree of danger.
DANGER
indicates that death or severe personal injury will result if proper precautions are not taken.
WARNING
indicates that death or severe personal injury may result if proper precautions are not taken.
CAUTION
indicates that minor personal injury can result if proper precautions are not taken.
NOTICE
indicates that property damage can result if proper precautions are not taken.
If more than one degree of danger is present, the warning notice representing the highest degree of danger will be
used. A notice warning of injury to persons with a safety alert symbol may also include a warning relating to property
damage.
Qualified Personnel
The product/system described in this documentation may be operated only by personnel qualified for the specific
task in accordance with the relevant documentation, in particular its warning notices and safety instructions. Qualified
personnel are those who, based on their training and experience, are capable of identifying risks and avoiding
potential hazards when working with these products/systems.
Proper use of Siemens products
Note the following:
WARNING
Siemens products may only be used for the applications described in the catalog and in the relevant technical
documentation. If products and components from other manufacturers are used, these must be recommended or
approved by Siemens. Proper transport, storage, installation, assembly, commissioning, operation and
maintenance are required to ensure that the products operate safely and without any problems. The permissible
ambient conditions must be complied with. The information in the relevant documentation must be observed.
Trademarks
All names identified by ® are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. The remaining trademarks in this publication
may be trademarks whose use by third parties for their own purposes could violate the rights of the owner.
Disclaimer of Liability
We have reviewed the contents of this publication to ensure consistency with the hardware and software described.
Since variance cannot be precluded entirely, we cannot guarantee full consistency. However, the information in
this publication is reviewed regularly and any necessary corrections are included in subsequent editions.
Siemens AG
Division Digital Factory
Postfach 48 48
90026 NÜRNBERG
GERMANY
A5E40868956
Ⓟ 05/2017 Subject to change
Copyright © Siemens AG 2008 - 2017.
All rights reserved

Preface
SINUMERIK documentation
The SINUMERIK documentation is organized into the following categories:
● General documentation/catalogs
● User documentation
● Manufacturer/service documentation
Additional information
You can find information on the following topics at the following address (https://
support.industry.siemens.com/cs/de/en/view/108464614):
● Ordering documentation/overview of documentation
● Additional links to download documents
● Using documentation online (find and search in manuals/information)
If you have any questions regarding the technical documentation (e.g. suggestions,
corrections), please send an e-mail to the following address
(mailto:[email protected]).
mySupport/Documentation
At the following address (https://support.industry.siemens.com/My/ww/en/documentation),
you can find information on how to create your own individual documentation based on
Siemens' content, and adapt it for your own machine documentation.
Training
At the following address (http://www.siemens.com/sitrain), you can find information about
SITRAIN (Siemens training on products, systems and solutions for automation and drives).
FAQs
You can find Frequently Asked Questions in the Service&Support pages under Product
Support (https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/de/en/ps/faq).
SINUMERIK
You can find information about SINUMERIK at the following address (http://www.siemens.com/
sinumerik).
Milling
Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868956 5

Target group
This documentation is intended for users of milling machines running the SINUMERIK Operate
software.
Benefits
The operating manual helps users familiarize themselves with the control elements and
commands. Guided by the manual, users are capable of responding to problems and taking
corrective action.
Standard scope
This documentation describes the functionality of the standard scope. Extensions or changes
made by the machine manufacturer are documented by the machine manufacturer.
Other functions not described in this documentation might be executable in the control.
However, no claim can be made regarding the availability of these functions when the
equipment is first supplied or in the event of servicing.
Furthermore, for the sake of clarity, this documentation does not contain all detailed information
about all types of the product and cannot cover every conceivable case of installation, operation
or maintenance.
Terms
The meanings of some basic terms used in this documentation are given below.
Program
A program is a sequence of instructions to the CNC which combine to produce a specific
workpiece on the machine.
Contour
The term contour refers generally to the outline of a workpiece. More specifically, it refers to
the section of the program that defines the outline of a workpiece comprising individual
elements.
Cycle
A cycle, e.g. milling a rectangular pocket, is a subprogram defined in SINUMERIK Operate for
executing a frequently repeated machining operation.
Technical Support
Country-specific telephone numbers for technical support are provided in the Internet at the
following address (https://support.industry.siemens.com/sc/ww/en/sc/2090) in the "Contact"
area.
Preface
Milling
6Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868956

Table of contents
Preface.........................................................................................................................................................5
1Fundamental safety instructions.................................................................................................................21
1.1 General safety instructions.....................................................................................................21
1.2 Industrial security...................................................................................................................22
2 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................23
2.1 Product overview....................................................................................................................23
2.2 Operator panel fronts.............................................................................................................24
2.2.1 Overview................................................................................................................................24
2.2.2 Keys of the operator panel.....................................................................................................26
2.3 Machine control panels..........................................................................................................33
2.3.1 Overview................................................................................................................................33
2.3.2 Controls on the machine control panel...................................................................................33
2.4 User interface.........................................................................................................................37
2.4.1 Screen layout.........................................................................................................................37
2.4.2 Status display.........................................................................................................................38
2.4.3 Actual value window...............................................................................................................40
2.4.4 T,F,S window.........................................................................................................................42
2.4.5 Current block display..............................................................................................................44
2.4.6 Operation via softkeys and buttons........................................................................................46
2.4.7 Entering or selecting parameters...........................................................................................47
2.4.8 Pocket calculator....................................................................................................................49
2.4.9 Context menu.........................................................................................................................50
2.4.10 Touch operation.....................................................................................................................50
2.4.11 Changing the user interface language...................................................................................51
2.4.12 Entering Chinese characters..................................................................................................52
2.4.12.1 Function - input editor............................................................................................................52
2.4.12.2 Entering Asian characters......................................................................................................53
2.4.12.3 Editing the dictionary..............................................................................................................54
2.4.13 Entering Korean characters...................................................................................................56
2.4.14 Protection levels.....................................................................................................................58
2.4.15 Online help in SINUMERIK Operate......................................................................................60
3 Operating with gestures..............................................................................................................................63
3.1 Multitouch panels...................................................................................................................63
3.2 Touch-sensitive user interface...............................................................................................64
3.3 Finger gestures......................................................................................................................64
4 Setting up the machine...............................................................................................................................67
4.1 Switching on and switching off...............................................................................................67
4.2 Approaching a reference point...............................................................................................68
4.2.1 Referencing axes...................................................................................................................68
Milling
Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868956 7

4.2.2 User agreement.....................................................................................................................69
4.3 Operating modes....................................................................................................................70
4.3.1 General..................................................................................................................................70
4.3.2 Modes groups and channels..................................................................................................72
4.3.3 Channel switchover................................................................................................................72
4.4 Settings for the machine........................................................................................................73
4.4.1 Switching over the coordinate system (MCS/WCS)...............................................................73
4.4.2 Switching the unit of measurement........................................................................................74
4.4.3 Setting the zero offset............................................................................................................75
4.5 Measure tool..........................................................................................................................77
4.5.1 Overview................................................................................................................................77
4.5.2 Manually measuring drilling and milling tools.........................................................................78
4.5.3 Measuring drilling and milling tools with the workpiece reference point.................................79
4.5.4 Measuring drilling and milling tools with fixed reference point...............................................79
4.5.5 Measuring radius or diameter................................................................................................80
4.5.6 Fixed point calibration............................................................................................................81
4.5.7 Measuring the drilling and milling tool length with electrical tool probe..................................82
4.5.8 Calibrating the electrical tool probe........................................................................................84
4.5.9 Manually measuring a turning tool (for milling/turning machine)............................................85
4.5.10 Manually measuring a turning tool using a tool probe (for milling/turning machine)..............87
4.5.11 Logging tool measurement results.........................................................................................89
4.6 Measuring the workpiece zero...............................................................................................90
4.6.1 Overview................................................................................................................................90
4.6.2 Sequence of operations.........................................................................................................94
4.6.3 Examples with manual swivel................................................................................................95
4.6.4 Calibrating the electronic workpiece probe............................................................................96
4.6.5 Setting the edge.....................................................................................................................98
4.6.6 Edge measurement................................................................................................................99
4.6.7 Measuring a corner..............................................................................................................102
4.6.8 Measuring a pocket and hole...............................................................................................105
4.6.9 Measuring a spigot...............................................................................................................108
4.6.10 Aligning the plane.................................................................................................................113
4.6.11 Defining the measurement function selection......................................................................114
4.6.12 Corrections after measurement of the zero point.................................................................115
4.6.13 Logging measurement results for the workpiece zero.........................................................116
4.7 Settings for the measurement result log..............................................................................118
4.8 Zero offsets..........................................................................................................................119
4.8.1 Display active zero offset.....................................................................................................120
4.8.2 Displaying the zero offset "overview"...................................................................................121
4.8.3 Displaying and editing base zero offset...............................................................................122
4.8.4 Displaying and editing settable zero offset...........................................................................123
4.8.5 Displaying and editing details of the zero offsets.................................................................124
4.8.6 Deleting a zero offset...........................................................................................................125
4.8.7 Measuring the workpiece zero.............................................................................................126
4.9 Monitoring axis and spindle data..........................................................................................127
4.9.1 Specify working area limitations...........................................................................................127
4.9.2 Editing spindle data..............................................................................................................128
4.10 Displaying setting data lists..................................................................................................129
Table of contents
Milling
8Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868956

4.11 Handwheel assignment........................................................................................................129
4.12 MDA.....................................................................................................................................131
4.12.1 Loading an MDA program from the Program Manager........................................................131
4.12.2 Saving an MDA program......................................................................................................132
4.12.3 Editing/executing a MDI program.........................................................................................133
4.12.4 Deleting an MDA program....................................................................................................134
5 Execution in manual mode.......................................................................................................................135
5.1 General................................................................................................................................135
5.2 Selecting a tool and spindle.................................................................................................135
5.2.1 T, S, M windows...................................................................................................................135
5.2.2 Selecting a tool.....................................................................................................................137
5.2.3 Starting and stopping a spindle manually............................................................................138
5.2.4 Position spindle....................................................................................................................139
5.3 Traversing axes....................................................................................................................139
5.3.1 Traverse axes by a defined increment.................................................................................139
5.3.2 Traversing axes by a variable increment.............................................................................141
5.4 Positioning axes...................................................................................................................141
5.5 Swiveling..............................................................................................................................142
5.6 Manual retraction.................................................................................................................146
5.7 Simple face milling of the workpiece....................................................................................147
5.8 Simple workpiece machining operations with milling/turning machines...............................150
5.8.1 Simple workpiece face milling (milling/turning machine)......................................................150
5.8.2 Simple stock removal of workpiece (for milling/turning machine)........................................152
5.9 Default settings for manual mode........................................................................................155
6 Machining the workpiece..........................................................................................................................157
6.1 Starting and stopping machining..........................................................................................157
6.2 Selecting a program.............................................................................................................158
6.3 Testing a program................................................................................................................159
6.4 Displaying the current program block...................................................................................160
6.4.1 Current block display............................................................................................................160
6.4.2 Displaying a basic block ......................................................................................................162
6.4.3 Display program level...........................................................................................................162
6.5 Correcting a program...........................................................................................................163
6.6 Repositioning axes...............................................................................................................164
6.7 Starting machining at a specific point...................................................................................165
6.7.1 Use block search..................................................................................................................165
6.7.2 Continuing program from search target...............................................................................167
6.7.3 Simple search target definition.............................................................................................167
6.7.4 Defining an interruption point as search target....................................................................168
6.7.5 Entering the search target via search pointer......................................................................169
6.7.6 Parameters for block search in the search pointer...............................................................170
6.7.7 Block search mode...............................................................................................................171
Table of contents
Milling
Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868956 9

6.7.8 Block search to a position pattern for ShopMill programs....................................................172
6.8 Controlling the program run.................................................................................................173
6.8.1 Program control....................................................................................................................173
6.8.2 Skip blocks...........................................................................................................................175
6.9 Overstore.............................................................................................................................175
6.10 Editing a program.................................................................................................................177
6.10.1 Searching in programs.........................................................................................................177
6.10.2 Replacing program text........................................................................................................179
6.10.3 Copying/pasting/deleting a program block...........................................................................180
6.10.4 Renumbering a program......................................................................................................182
6.10.5 Creating a program block.....................................................................................................182
6.10.6 Opening additional programs...............................................................................................184
6.10.7 Editor settings......................................................................................................................185
6.11 Working with DXF files.........................................................................................................188
6.11.1 Overview..............................................................................................................................188
6.11.2 Displaying CAD drawings.....................................................................................................189
6.11.2.1 Open a DXF file....................................................................................................................189
6.11.2.2 Cleaning a DXF file..............................................................................................................189
6.11.2.3 Enlarging or reducing the CAD drawing...............................................................................190
6.11.2.4 Changing the section...........................................................................................................190
6.11.2.5 Rotating the view..................................................................................................................191
6.11.2.6 Displaying/editing information for the geometric data..........................................................192
6.11.3 Importing and editing a DXF file in the editor.......................................................................192
6.11.3.1 General procedure...............................................................................................................192
6.11.3.2 Specifying a reference point.................................................................................................193
6.11.3.3 Assigning the machining plane............................................................................................193
6.11.3.4 Setting the tolerance............................................................................................................194
6.11.3.5 Selecting the machining range / deleting the range and element........................................194
6.11.3.6 Saving the DXF file..............................................................................................................196
6.11.3.7 Transferring the drilling positions.........................................................................................196
6.11.3.8 Accepting contours...............................................................................................................199
6.12 Display and edit user variables............................................................................................201
6.12.1 Overview..............................................................................................................................201
6.12.2 Global R parameters............................................................................................................202
6.12.3 R parameters.......................................................................................................................204
6.12.4 Displaying global user data (GUD).......................................................................................205
6.12.5 Displaying channel GUDs....................................................................................................207
6.12.6 Displaying local user data (LUD)..........................................................................................208
6.12.7 Displaying program user data (PUD)...................................................................................208
6.12.8 Searching for user variables................................................................................................209
6.13 Displaying G Functions and Auxiliary Functions..................................................................211
6.13.1 Selected G functions............................................................................................................211
6.13.2 All G functions......................................................................................................................213
6.13.3 G functions for mold making................................................................................................213
6.13.4 Auxiliary functions................................................................................................................214
6.14 Displaying superimpositions.................................................................................................215
6.15 Mold making view.................................................................................................................218
6.15.1 Overview..............................................................................................................................218
Table of contents
Milling
10 Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868956