Dwell

Cycle: Direct Grooving, Z Level, Zig Zag, Wtype, O Ring Type, Centering, Drilling, Drilling Reaming, Tapping, Die Threading, Parting, Pecking, Chamfering, Knurling

Definition

Ability to program dwell during the toolpath.

Several parameters manage the dwell mode:

• Dwell Depth

• Dwell Unit

• Dwell

• Final Dwell

Choose first the unit of the dwell: it can be expressed either in seconds or in revolution.

Then you can define the Dwell Depth, which is the distance between 2 dwells.

Dwell is the value in seconds or revolution, the code is often G04 with a letter (X or U for Fanuc, F for Num for example).

Final Dwell enables to define a different value at the end, to make a better finish at last pass.

The dwell defined are displayed on the screen with the hourglass symbol as shown on the picture below.

In this example: Dwell Depth = 5mm (at diameter, x = 126.6, x = 116.6, x = 96.6) Dwell Unit is seconds Dwell = 0.2s Final Dwell = 0.5s