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ARISTOMAT CL

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Users Manual

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Page 1: ...ARISTOMAT CL 131O 1317 1617 Users Manual ...

Page 2: ...d of data carrier or translated without prior written permission of ARISTO Graphic Systeme ARISTO Graphic Systeme reserves the right to claim recourse in cases of violation ARISTO Graphic Systeme takes no manufacturer s responsibility for improper use of the hard and software This includes for example interference with the hardware passing on of data to third parties loss of data by erroneous eras...

Page 3: ...n 15 Console with Control panel 16 Control panel 17 Switching on the ARISTOMAT 20 Material down holding 22 Vacuum slide valves 22 Vacuum zones 23 6 Menu Tables 27 Main Menu 28 Menu Level 1 29 Menu Level 2 30 Menu Level 3 31 7 Menu Settings 33 Main Menu 33 Repeating plot jobs and test plots 33 Loading Test 33 Setting Origin and processing Data 34 Setting Origin 34 Moving to Origin 34 Origin display...

Page 4: ...tation 40 Mirroring 40 Scale 41 Rotation 41 Menu Level 2 42 SAVE 42 HOST 43 Host test 43 Language 43 Emulation 43 INTERFACE 44 Menu Level 3 45 Setting parameters of machine 45 Material width 45 LOWER OPTION 45 ORIGIN SWING 45 ROT OPTION 46 8 Regular interval of service 47 9 Data interface 49 Connector and pin assignment 49 10 Specifications 51 11 Technical Hints 53 ...

Page 5: ...u 2 1991 11 Sicherheit von Maschinen EN 294 1992 08 Sicherheitsabstände gegen das Erreichen von Gefahrenstellen mit den oberen Gliedmaßen EN 1012 Teil 1 und 2 Sicherheitsanforderungen Kompressoren und Vakuumpumpen EN 50 082 1997 11 Störfestigkeit EN 61000 6 Teil 1bis 4 Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit EMV Fachgrundnormen Störaussendungen DIN VDE 0113 Teil 1 02 86 EN 60204 Teil 1 1998 11 DIN 4563...

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Page 7: ...ts for flexibility and precision In the meantime ARISTO presents an abundant offer of cutters with var ious tool heads material transport systems and accessories ARISTO offers detailed training courses to get the maximum productivity and readiness of the ARISTOMAT The User s Manual is an assistance for training and consultation The complete documentation consists of this handbook and the corre spo...

Page 8: ... supervision of experienced personnel only The faultless function of the safety devices must be checked before each operation With malfunctions the plotter shall not be taken in operation Covers are part of safety Do not remove any covers from the ARISTO MAT tool heads and accessories Unauthorized modification which might impair the safety of the machine are not permitted Safety Devices Light barr...

Page 9: ... the table top or rest on it and do not move under the ARISTOMAT do not place objects in the danger area do not look directly inside the laser beam of the laser pointer In oscillation mode work with the oscillation mode down holder only as has been dictated from the factory Consider during dust formation During the processing of various materials health hazardous mist or stream can be released see...

Page 10: ...ARISTOMAT in wet rooms do not let coolant or lubricant to guides and toothed racks keep the ARISTOMAT and tool heads clean it is advisable to keep the service interval within time Please note You find separate user s manuals from third manufactur ers for all components which have their own label or name plate For this components are the manufacturer guarantees binding ...

Page 11: ... re mains in its current position To continue plotting eliminate the source of danger and turn the button to unlock it Operation can be contin ued at the position at which the tool came to rest 1 Total work area on the table top 2 Moving bridge Passage between moving bridge and table top 3 Slide 4 Tool carriage 5 Tool head Area between tool head and table top ...

Page 12: ...ssed air ARISTOMAT with a pneumatic tool head need compressed air with the following requirements Regulated pressure 6 bar 87 08 psi pulse free Air flow mind 30 l min 2 47 cf min oil and water free Connect the air supply line or the compressor to the maintenance unit and set the pressure to 6 bar 87 psi Connecting the computer The ARISTOMAT is connected to the serial port of the computer via the d...

Page 13: ...pressed air 2 Connection of data cable 25 pins 3 Tool carriage 4 Console with control panel 5 Vacuum valve slide CL 1617 6 Vacuum valve slide CL 131O CL 1317 7 Maintenance unit compressed air 8 EMERGENCY OFF button 9 Drives OFF switch 10 Drives ON switch 11 Main switch ON OFF 12 Control panel ...

Page 14: ...ched off immediately The plotter remains in its current position Cutting jobs and unsaved settings are lost CAUTION To continue plotting eliminate the source of danger and turn the button to unlock it Drives OFF switch red 9 iis switching the drives OFF Drives ON switch green 10 is switching ON the ARISTOMAT drives Control panel 12 with push buttons and double spaced display ...

Page 15: ...ges and user information with input required Function keys Beside the display four functions keys F1 F4 are used for menu con trol The displayed function is selected with the corresponding key Example SETTINGS F1 F3 PLOT BUFFER ORIGIN VACUUM SETTINGS F2 F4 Press the key F4 to set parameters and to display the submenu Note Operation are blocked if the function is displayed with brackets ...

Page 16: ...be changed with the direction keys and SPEED 1000 0 1 Command keys Following meanings are assigned to the function keys ESC selected functions and inputs are cancelled The previous menu is displayed ENTER confirms inputs The previous menu is displayed MENU changes between the individual menu levels START switches from menu setting OFLINE to plot mode ONLINE STOP and respectively stop the plot mode...

Page 17: ... and set a new origin After SCAN TOOL F4 the tool is recognized automatically blade marker VIEW The running plot is interrupted The tool is moved to the left end corner of the table to give a clear view of the working surface After pressing the key once more the tool is moved to the previous position and the plot job is continued CAUTION In VIEW mode the ARISTOMAT drives are still ON ...

Page 18: ...erforms a self test and displays information about the installed software version and plot buffer size on the control panel press green Drives ON switch Display F1 F3 REFERENCE MOVE F2 F4 CAUTION Maintain a safety distance during reference movements The moving bridge and the tool carriage are moving automatically press F3 to start the reference move Display EXECUTING REFERENCE MOVEMENTS ...

Page 19: ...s ready for operation and the MAIN MENU is displayed F1 F3 PLOT BUFFER ORIGIN VACUUM SETTINGS F2 F4 CAUTION For safety reasons the drives must be switched OFF now before loading material and inserting the tool holder press DRIVES OFF switch to stop the drives ...

Page 20: ...ively be activated using the valve slides To obtain an optimal suction performance also in the peripheries the maximum vacuum area goes beyond the maximum working area Vacuum slide valves The table tops of the ARISTOMATs are divided into 5 resp 6 different vacuum zones that are controlled opened or closed via one vacuum valve slide This control fashion allows for optimal vacuum utilization of the ...

Page 21: ...ARISTOMAT CL 23 System Start Up Vacuum zones ARISTOMAT 131O ...

Page 22: ...24 ARISTOMAT CL System Start Up ARISTOMAT 1317 ...

Page 23: ...ARISTOMAT CL 25 System Start Up ARISTOMAT 1617 ...

Page 24: ...26 ARISTOMAT CL System Start Up ...

Page 25: ...esented and by pres sures of the appropriate function keys one arrives into the appropriate submenus Enclosed menu tables show all parameter with a note where you can find a detailed description in the User s Manual Main Menu F1 F3 PLOT BUFFER ORIGIN VACUUM SETTINGS F2 F4 Menu Level 1 F1 F3 PARAMETER TOOL PROJECTION F2 F4 Menu Level 2 F1 F3 SAVE HOST F2 F4 Menu Level 3 F1 F3 MAT WDTH ORG SWING LOW...

Page 26: ...28 ARISTOMAT CL Menu Tables Main Menu The Main Menu is displayed after switching on the ARISTOMAT and completing Reference Move ...

Page 27: ...ARISTOMAT CL 29 Menu Tables Menu Level 1 In Main Menu press MENU key to get to Menu Level 1 press ESC to get back the Main Menu ...

Page 28: ...30 ARISTOMAT CL Menu Tables Menu Level 2 From the Main Menu by repeated pressing of the key MENU to the Menu Level 2 branch out press ESC to get back the Main Menu ...

Page 29: ...ARISTOMAT CL 31 Menu Tables Menu Level 3 From the Main Menu by repeated pressing of the key MENU to the Menu Level 3 branch out press ESC to get back the Main Menu ...

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Page 31: ...t the plot If the data file transmitted from the computer is larger than the buffer size display BYTES the function REPEAT F1 cannot be used Error message REPEAT NOT POSSIBLE ESC TO LEAVE MENU If the plot buffer is empty display 0 BYTES the following message ap pears PLOT BUFFER EMPTY ESC TO LEAVE MENU Loading Test The function of the ARISTOMAT can be tested by loading a test plot press F1 PLOT BU...

Page 32: ...laser pointer is marking the exact position The xy coordinates are displayed on the control panel press F3 to set the origin to position as desired Moving to Origin press F3 to choose the submenu ORIGIN press F4 MOVE TO ORIG The tool head moves to the actual origin Origin display press F3 to choose the submenu ORIGIN use ENTER to change between polar and cartesian coordinate display Starting plots...

Page 33: ...e laser pointer serves as controlling instrument The laser beam fol lows the cutting contours instead of the cutting tool Print n Cut Function The function enables the compensation of distortion and skew Typical problems are known when cutting pre printed materials Choosing Position Pointer press F3 to choose the submenu ORIGIN press MENU and then F3 to choose the submenu POSITION POINTER with F3 ...

Page 34: ...R to confirm the setting The new value is marked with when recalling the menu The selected parameter or value is ignored by using ESC The previous value is kept ANGLE This setting is of a great importance to get perfect cutting results by using perforating needles and blades The angle setting specifies how the tool behaves while changing the di rection The user has to specify at which minimum angl...

Page 35: ... a turn The upper angle can be set between 10 and 90 degrees factory setting 20 degrees cut rotate cut cut stop lift rotate lower cut The setting LOWER ANGLE defines the minimum angle before stop ping the tool in front of a turn The lower angle can be set between 0 and 45 degrees factory setting 10 degrees cut rotate cut cut stop rotate cut ...

Page 36: ...ng will be used 0 020 mm It is changeable with HPGL commands AA AR CI SMOOTHING LEVEL The different smoothing levels increase the quality of plot data and speed of cutting Some HPGL drivers put out plot data which can be used with pen plotters If using the data for cutting plotters you can get unsatisfy ing results If the length of the vectors is similar to the plotter resolution frequent changes ...

Page 37: ...oduced Note If using smoothing levels or the Speedbooster you may suffer a loss of contour accuracy SPLINE For smoothing of curved movements this spline function was implement ed Reference points of the cutting edge are connected by a smoothing function course ON OFF activate and deactivate the funktion With ADJUSTMENT SPLINE ANGLE the angle is specified under which the individual vector parts are...

Page 38: ...tor The speed can be set in 0 1 per cent steps between 1 and 1000 factory setting 1000 Movements without cutting will be done with maximum machine speed Projection of Plots Mirroring Scale Rotation Changes of mirroring rotation or scale are allowed for a plot press F1 PROJEKTION with the function keys F F4 get to the following submenus MIRRORING A plot can only be mirrored to the Y axis see figure...

Page 39: ... The scale of the plot can be changed in steps of 0 01 per cent The value of 100 per cent setting 10000 are equal to scale 1 1 ROTATION The plot can be rotated anticlockwise to its origin The value can be re duced or increased in steps of 90 degrees ...

Page 40: ... parameters which are defined from factory Contact force 10 Acceleration 100 Baud rate 9600 7 8 BIT 8 BIT BYTE C Offset 0 MultiHead OT T M P Rot option Standard rotation Format DIN A3 Upper acceleration 100 Upper speed 1000 Speed depending on the tool head max 1000 Filter Level 2 Feed correction 0 Feed correction 0 Material Thin Feed length depending on the plotter type max plotter length Knife 1 ...

Page 41: ... DATA PRESS ESCAPE KEY HOST TEST Note Before testing the delivered test plug must be connected to the 25 pins socket at the machine control system Press F1 to start the test of the serial interface In case of interface faults detailed error messages will be displayed see corresponding item Technical Hints LANGUAGE choose with F3 or F4 between ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN and ITALIAN EMULATION The plotter...

Page 42: ...4 and DIN A3 HP 7580 A B C D E DIN A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 ARISTO A B C D E DIN A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 INTERFACE BAUD RATE Parameter for data transmission choose with F3 or F4 between 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200 600 and 300 Baud 7 8 BIT choose with F3 or F4 between 7 BITS BYTE 8 BITS BYTE PARITY choose with F3 or F4 between NONE 1 STOPBIT NONE 2 STOPBIT EVEN 1 STOPBIT EVEN 2 STOPBIT ODD 1 STOPBIT ODD 2 STOPBIT PROTO...

Page 43: ...estart an aborted plot at a requested point The plot should be restarted with the lifted tool and halted with the STOP key at that point With the option PERFORM LOWER the plot will go on normally ORIGIN SWING With this function a too strong demand of the Conveyor can be avoided by production conditioned cutting on always the same place of the Con veyor Hereby it is possible to let the zero point m...

Page 44: ... order to protect the knife if there are barriers on the table If it is sure that there are no barriers on the table it is possible to select OPTIMIZE ROTATION at the menu item ROT OPTION With this option the knife turns moving with pen up to the new cut direction this saves time The option can be stored in the customer configuration ...

Page 45: ...do not let coolant or lubricant to guides and toothed racks only use filters with a core size of 5µm as replacements in the air maintenance unit observe statute and rules for waste disposal Cleaning interval for 1 shift working Daily ARISTOMAT machine outside clean the guide rail with a spirit or alcohol rag Maintenance unit compressed air bleed Tool tool head clean the material dirt with a brush ...

Page 46: ...de take off dust with a vacuum cleaner Toothed rack underside the guide rail take off mate rial dirt with a soft plastic brush Twice a year Dust collector placed at the bridge replace by new one Yearly Vacuum system Clean filter in piping system of the vacuum pump ...

Page 47: ...he ARISTOMAT has following pin assignment PIN I O Name Level 2 O Transmit Data 0 12 V 1 12 V 3 I Receive Data like Pin 2 4 O Request To Send constant 12 V On 7 Signal Ground 20 O Data Terminal Ready On 12 V I O Input Output The connection between ARISTOMAT and IBM compatible computer with standard COM interface ARISTOMAT PC side PC side male female female 25 pins 9 pins 25 pins TD 2 2 RD 3 RD RD 3...

Page 48: ...ection between ARISTOMAT and an Apple Macintosh is estab lished via the telephone socket cable is option of delivery Pin assignment Mac D Sub 25 D Sub 25 ARISTOMAT 8 pins round male female male 1 6 6 4 2 5 5 20 3 2 2 3 4 7 7 7 5 3 3 2 6 7 8 ...

Page 49: ...t and drives Digitalservomotors Data format HPGL compatible with extended command set Voltage 1 1 kW pump system 230V 50 60Hz 16A 3 kW pump system 3 phase fixed connection with 400V 50Hz 16A Data interface Serial RS 232 C V 24 Data transmission rate 300 Baud up to 19200 Baud Protocol XON XOFForDTR Input buffer 400 KB several internal production repeat functions Operation Integrated console with fu...

Page 50: ...52 ARISTOMAT CL Specifications ...

Page 51: ... 1 The main power switch was turned off before switch ing off the drives 2 The bridge or the tool carriage were moved to the limit switch 1 EMERGENCY OFF button was locked 2 Defective machine control 1 Defective or jammed tool head Remedy 1 These messages are just for your information Only the last unknown HPGL com mands is shown 1 Restart the ARISTOMAT 1 Remove the bridge or the tool carriage man...

Page 52: ...l is too thick 1 The motor s temperature is too high 2 There is not enough com pressed air 1 The amplifier is either overloaded or defective 1 Blocking of the axis due to material 2 Defective machine control 3 Feeding speed and or acceleration is too high 1 Defective machine control Remedy 1 Switch off drives and check tool Press ESC and switch on drives to continue 2 Choose menu SETTINGS MATERIAL...

Page 53: ...ROR RTS DSR INTERFACE ERROR DTR CTS Cause 1 Interface parameters of ARISTOMAT and computer are not equivalent 2 Used cable with wrong interface assignment After pressing ESC the MAIN MENU is displayed If you press START STOP the plot job will be continued but with faulty results probably 3 Defective host interface Remedy 1 Align the interface settings of ARISTOMAT and compu ter 2 Check the cable a...

Page 54: ...56 ARISTOMAT CL Technical Hints ...

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