Sinumerik Operate

SINUMERIK Operate has a uniform operating and programming interface with powerful functions for
turning and milling. The functions and operating instructions described in this chapter therefore apply
irrespective of whether you work on a turning or a milling machine or at a machining center.

1. Uniform user interface for turning and milling

SINUMERIK Operate has a uniform operating and programming interface with powerful functions for
turning and milling. The functions and operating instructions described in this chapter therefore apply
irrespective of whether you work on a turning or a milling machine or at a machining center.
• HMI-Advanced, ShopMill and ShopTurn combined under a single interface
• Intuitive and clear operation and programming, including animated elements
• Representation in the modern Windows style
• Powerful functions …
· Setup, programming, tool and program management for complete machining
· Multi-channel capability with ShopTurn for multi-channel machines, among other things,
synchronization of programs with programSYNC and much more…
• CNC programming for the highest level of productivity using programGUIDE
• Machining step programming for the shortest programming time with ShopMill and ShopTurn

2. user interface for Milling

Tool

Position
Feedrate

Zero point Spindle

Softkeys for Milling

 3. Program Manager

With the Program Manager, you can create new programs at any time. You can similarly open existing
programs to execute, modify, copy or rename them. Programs no longer required can be deleted.
Active programs are marked with a green symbol. USB flash drives can be used for data exchange.
For example, programs which were created on an external device can be copied and executed on the
NC.

Picture 1: Creating a new workpiece.

 4. Program header
Enter the workpiece data and general program specifications in the program header.

1 – Work Offset: G54

2 – Blank: BLOCK

3 – 1st and 2nd corner (abs

– absolut, inc – increment)

4 – Initial dimension
BLOCK

5 – Final dimension
BLOCK

6 – Accept or Cancel

Optimized retraction To retraction plane

The tool traverses over the
workpiece at the
safety clearance in
accordance with the
specified contour.
The tool traverses back to
the retraction plane
and performs infeed to the
new position.

5. Face Milling
The workpiece surface is milled in order to obtain a level, clean surface. This is done with face
milling.
 1 – Select tool

2 – Feedrate

3 – Cutting speed or spindle speed

4 – Machining - Rough

5 – Machining direction
7 – Max. infeed depth
6 – Max. Plane infeed as
percentage of tool diameter
8 – Fin. Allowance depth

9 – Machining - finishing

10 – Simulation

11 – Finish

6. Positioning
 1 – open softkey »Straight«

2– Straight

1 3 – X, Y, Z

4– Feedrate

5– Rapid

2 6– Compensation

7. Make a groove 1 – open softkey »Straight«

2– Straight

3– Feedrate

8. Machining walls of the pocket

1 – open softkey »Straight«

2– Straight
 1 – Select tool

1
2 – Cutting speed or spindle speed

3 – Positioning
2

3 4 – Positioning

4 5 – Machining

5 4 – Positioning

6 6 – Machining

9. Create contour
With the contour calculator integrated into ShopMill for entering complex contours, you can enter even
the most complicated contours easily.
 1 – start point of contour

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10. Contour milling

Rough

1 – Select tool

2 – Feedrate
1

3 – Cutting speed or spindle speed

4 – Machining - Rough

5 – starting point

6 – Max. Plane infeed as

percentage of tool diameter
8 – Fin. Allowance depth

7 – Max. infeed depth

Finishing Base

2
 11. Drilling centering

1 – Select tool

2 – Feedrate

3 – revolution per mminute

4 – Centering in relation to diameter

5 – Diameter of centering

6 – Dwell time in seconds

Holes positions pattern

1 – Circular pattern

2 – starting point

3 – center point of circle

4 – radius of circle

5 – holes number

Use the "Positioning" field to define how to approach the drill holes within the drill pattern. If the drill
holes lie in a circumferential groove, for example, do not use
"Positioning – Straight line"; otherwise, a contour violation would result.
Along a straight line,along a circle.

Grid positions pattern

1 – Grid pattern

2 – starting point

3 – clearance between columns

4 – Clearance betwen lines

5 – number of columns

6 – number of lines

12. Drilling Ø8,5mm

1 – Select tool

2 – Feedrate

3 – Cutting speed or spindle spee

4 – Drilling depth relation to shaft

5 – Drilling depth relation to Z0

6 – Dwell time in seconds

 13. Tapping M10

1 – Select tool

2 – Thread table

3 – Thread pitch in mm/rev

4 – Drilling depth relation to shaft

5 – Spindle speed for retract

6 – compensatiokn
chuck
8 – Thread lenght 7 – no. of cuts
Position repeat
The drilling positions are numbered consecutively during creation. The appropriate number is to be
found directly after the block number of the corresponding position pattern. Specify position grid for
position 3.

1 – number of position to
be repeat
 14. Drilling Ø10mm

1 – Select tool

2 – Feedrate

3 – Cutting speed or spindle spee

4 – Drilling depth relation to shaft

5 – Drilling depth relation to Z0

6 – Dwell time in seconds

Position repeat

1 – number of position to
be repeat
15. Simulation

1 –Stop

2 – Top view

3 – 3D view

4 – Cutting speed or spindle spee

5 – Details; cut view