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Manufactured in England by:

MICROMAT INTERNATIONAL

SANDERS LODGE

WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD

RUSHDEN

NORTHANTS

NN10 6BQ

ENGLAND

Tel : 01933 313093

Intnl : +44 1933 313093

Fax : 01933 319293

Intnl : +44 1933 319293

web: www.micromat.co.uk

email:[email protected]

PCB DRILLING SYSTEM

( MANUAL TOOL CHANGE - AIR )

OPERATOR'S MANUAL

MICROMAT

Summary of Contents for MM 470A

Page 1: ...LODGE WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD RUSHDEN NORTHANTS NN10 6BQ ENGLAND Tel 01933 313093 Intnl 44 1933 313093 Fax 01933 319293 Intnl 44 1933 319293 web www micromat co uk email drills micromat co uk PCB DRILLING...

Page 2: ...le time saving over conventional sawing or pin routing methods especially where small irregular shapes are required As with any computer controlled machine the Micromat will only do what the operator...

Page 3: ...operation of the machine In some areas it may be necessary to use a power supply filter regulator unit to prevent power line interference Power requirements Electrical Supply 220 230 VAC 47 63 Hz sin...

Page 4: ...larly wiped with lint free cloth and lightly oiled The spindle should have its collet completely removed daily and any traces of dust cleaned from it and its housing A build up of dust will cause off...

Page 5: ...nto the control system s memory either manually or by loading from cassette tape or from a PC via the optional RS232 interface The program can be modified and edited in any way required and saved on c...

Page 6: ...nd each position will be entered into memory until the control is released The current setting of the TOOL SWITCH will be entered with each HOLE command If CHECK is switched on the INCR distance will...

Page 7: ...specify the start positions of the pattern and must be followed by the pattern itself and then a single CLOSE BRACKET command SST SINGLE STEP momentary action Allows a program to be checked by advanci...

Page 8: ...ction Enables the cassette tape system to load a program into the control system s memory Pressing LOAD for longer than 2 seconds will access the RS232 software to communicate with an attached PC When...

Page 9: ...nd until an UP is programmed UP momentary action The UP command is used to enter the position for the cutter to withdraw the cutter from the board at the end of a straight line cut The co ordinate inf...

Page 10: ...he same point as the first DOWN command for a complete circle 4 an UP command to withdraw the cutter from the board at the end of the cut As with DOWN and UP commands the DOWN and CTR commands for a g...

Page 11: ...the cutter rpm or increasing the cutting rate For smaller cutters e g 1 mm and under use a higher spindle speed 55 000 and slower cutting rate It must be understood that while routing is taking place...

Page 12: ...OWN 4 DOWN 5 DOWN 5 UP 5 END Note that there are three commands at position 5 Positions 1 to 11 are programmed sequentially with DOWN commands at each point Position 12 is then programmed with 3 comma...

Page 13: ...mand position 2 with a CTRCW command and then position 1 again with a DOWN and an UP command at the same position INSIDE CIRCLE As above but position 2 is programmed with CTR CCW 90 DEGREE ARC Positio...

Page 14: ...le in the head and gently slide down until the drill tip is just touching the 0 8 mm laminate Ensure that the spindle cable exit is aligned at approximately 45 degrees to the pressure foot rods as sho...

Page 15: ...000 rpm and test drill action by ensuring that the PROGRAM mode is switched off and pressing DRILL M EXP 9 Press RUN After the machine has drilled the six holes and returned HOME refit the TV camera...

Page 16: ...s the HOLD switch is OFF the system will reset itself to the first block of program memory regardless of any previously entered data and the first command to be entered is placed in that first block o...

Page 17: ...must always be moved away from any illuminated INCR buttons to prevent the table being driven to its limit stops If this should happen part way through a program press HOME and then BST and the target...

Page 18: ...f the program is reached when seven bleeps will be heard The SST Single Step button is used in the same way as BST but will advance through the program towards the end command When this is reached the...

Page 19: ...red e g HOLE and after a bleep the INS light will go out to show that the fresh command has been inserted In the above example the inserted hole will become the new 6th hole The old 6th hole will beco...

Page 20: ...an be canceled by pressing RESET without affecting the stored program in any way 7 Fit a fresh blank and press RUN to drill another board OR 8 Press RESET to cancel the END light and bleeper The progr...

Page 21: ...heck the tape with a TEST LOAD before removing the cassette to ensure that a faulty cassette has not been used and that a valid program exists on the tape See next page SAVE can be used without switch...

Page 22: ...ored away from heat and any magnetic fields or on top of the TV monitor 5 The LOAD light will come on and after the 20 seconds delay will flash as data is being loaded from the tape to the machines me...

Page 23: ...mory 5 Load second or third or fourth etc program using only the LOAD button to enter and exit the cassette load operation ALTERNATE METHOD 1 Use SST or BST to get to a particular command in a program...

Page 24: ...on the LOAD switch will flash If this happens the switch on reader should be pressed momentarily towards the right and then released to its central position and reading will commence Reading will stop...

Page 25: ...alue will be used or 0 if no previous value read If an X or Y is read that does not have a valid number after it then 0 will be used Only tool numbers and X and Y co ordinates are processed Any other...

Page 26: ...t most equipment is capable of receiving PLEASE NOTE that all information is punched in metric units The program is punched out in the same sequence as entered into the Micromat in the following manne...

Page 27: ...f their choice however RS232 is another one of the electronics industry s standards and the user will have to consult the manual of any equipment so connected to ensure full compatibility The Micromat...

Page 28: ...g 4 ASCII INCH Trailing 5 ASCII INCH Leading 6 EIA INCH Trailing 7 EIA INCH Leading 8 not used 9 EIEIO V42 METRIC N A 10 15 not use BAUD RATE The Baud Rate can be set to 300 1200 2400 or 9600 and this...

Page 29: ...to accept a further word While the CTS line pin 5 is low 12V data must not be sent to the interface from the host computer In the transmit mode accessed after a one second press of the SAVE button on...

Page 30: ...ual holes The TOOL SWITCH setting is irrelevant for RPT commands but it is advised that it is set to zero When the program is in the RUN mode any RPT commands will be regarded as size zero regardless...

Page 31: ...Micromat tool numbers can be entered in any order and in any combination of sizes the only exception being that OPEN and CLOSE bracket commands and the HOLEs entered within those brackets should norm...

Page 32: ...tool number then NONE of the holes for that tool number will be drilled See Section 4 Manual Tool Change machines will drill ALL the holes regardless of tool number in the order in which they were pro...

Page 33: ...l return HOME If the machine is an Auto Tool Change type then it will then replace the tool and pick up the keeper before returning home Pressing SST will then move the TV target to the position where...

Page 34: ...the current position of the table In this way a position may be reached for editing purposes very quickly The BST control does not work in this way and always operates in a sequential manner The SEAR...

Page 35: ...in the row is set on the two thumbwheel switches up to 99 and the TV target aligned over the last hole in the row The position of this last hole can be set accurately with respect to the first by usi...

Page 36: ...data in memory to the END command The MOVE routine operates from current command within a program and will change everything from that point to the end command Since there is only one button on the Mi...

Page 37: ...result will be that everything from the start of the program up to that command will remain as before The command and everything following it up to the END will be moved and the TV target will indica...

Page 38: ...T and bracket commands original tool sizes and Speed and Feed data will be retained The new program will be placed in memory along with the original program The original program is then automatically...

Page 39: ...able at the HOME position Use BST to look at the program backwards from the END or press RESET and SST to go through the program forwards from the beginning A situation can arise where due to the numb...

Page 40: ...ressing the HOLE button will cause the control system to move the target until it is locked onto the pad centre This action is followed immediately by the normal bleep to indicate that the position ha...

Page 41: ...cause the Micromat to step through each set of co ordinates in the same order as originally programmed re centre the TV target on the new pad pip position and store the new co ordinates in the contro...

Page 42: ...3 Press HOLE and the target will move and lock onto the pad pip If it is not central then continue pressing HOLE while adjusting the slotted centering control to the left of the black white sensing s...

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