Operating Manual
Matrix
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9.6 CUTTING TUBULAR KEYS (MATRIX PRO VERSION)
Check that the motor ON switch (Q) is OFF.
1) Insert the tools into their spindles.
2) Fit the keys into their seats on the clamps (original key in the left-hand clamp and key blank in the right-hand
clamp).
3) Take care when positioning the keys, the stop goes up against the jaws aligned with the notch.
4) Enable the tracer point spring function.
5) Turn on the motor.
6) Prip the levers (C) and (D).
7) press the button (D1) and lower the vertical carriage to start the motor.
8) Hold the carriage with the left-hand lever (C), lower the vertical carriage with the right-hand lever (D) until the
tracer point centres on one of the cuts in the key and continue to lower (using the tracer point spring function)
to reach cutting depth.
9) Move the lever (C) slightly to complete each single cut.
10) Repeat this operation for each cut on the key.
Fig. 54
