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Press the green
Cycle Start
button. Each time you press it the machine will execute another step in the cycle.
If material validation is enabled you will be asked to verify your material before continuing. See section “Material
Validation” for details.
When the arm arrives at the process check the wire alignment to the process. If you need to adjust the alignment
you can go into the corresponding lead or tail process setup window and make changes to the device that the arm
is aligned with.
When editing the process screen while in Master start, the arm will change position as you enter the data. See
section “Creating or editing a Lead / Tail process” for details on setting up the process.
Overhang adjustments
– in addition to the position of the tip of the wire with the process you should also take
care to notice the position of the nozzle or gripper with respect the process. You normally want minimize the
overhang value so that you have the least amount of wire beyond the jaw. This gives you the best wire control.
Remember, for the overhang adjustment to take effect you must click apply and run a new part.
Notice: space between jaw and applicator is minimized. Overhang value in process setup screen.
If you are not able to properly see the process, open the guard, set the key switch for setup mode, and use two
hand switch to master start the machine and step the arms back to your process.
See section “Setup Mode Functionality” for more details on the operation of setup mode.
If this is a crimping unit, you can manually jog the RAM by pressing the orange button on the back of the press or
you can click the jog button on the screen. As the crimp is being formed watch for any problems that may be
occurring. If something is going wrong and there is a chance you could damage the tooling, click the reverse jog
button to open the tooling.
Once you feel the crimp is O.K. uncheck No lead trips and No tail trips. Step through the process again, this time
the press will automatically trip and apply the terminal.
Jog Button
Reverse Jog