Silca Triax Quattro, Operating Manual

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Operating Manual - English Triax QUATTRO
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5.8.2.1
ENGRAVING DEPTH: METHOD
M
ETHOD FOR MAKING AN ENGRAVING AT THE RIGHT DEPTH
:
A - for material whose thickness can be read by electric contact the cutter stops at the measurement
read (by means of the electric contact function) on the key close to the first line of text to be engraved,
then descends by a distance given in the set “depth” parameter.
B - for material whose thickness CANNOT be read by electric contact the cutter stops at the
measurement indicated by the “thickness” parameter for the engraving template, then descends by a
distance given in the set “depth” parameter.
A - ELECTRIC CONTACT POSSIBLE on material to be engraved
N.B. it is better to set the thickness value slightly lower than nominal (read by a centesimal gauge) to assist reading
the measurement by electric contact. Example: if the item to engrave has a thickness of 2.00 mm (200 hundredths
of mm) it is better to set a thickness value of 195 hundredths of millimetre.
B - NO ELECTRIC CONTACT with the material to be engraved
N.B. the thickness setting must be as precise as possible to achieve good engraving. Read the thickness of the item
to be engraved with a centesimal gauge and if necessary edit the thickness setting rather than edit the engraving
depth.