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EMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
On the DPMEX2 product, the X and Y will move back to absolute zero and the Z will return to
your program Z retract location.
6.5 Power Feed
(available on 2 axis model only)
The servomotors can be used as a power feed for the table or saddle or both.
1.
Press the POWER FEED soft key.
2.
A message box will appear that shows the power feed dimensions. All power feedmoves are
entered as incremental moves from the current position to the next position.
3.
Enter a position by pressing the axis key, the distance to go and the +/- key (if needed).
Input the entry by pressing INC SET. For example, if you wanted to make a power feed
move of 2.00" of the table in the negative direction, you would enter: X, 2, +/-, INC SET.
4.
Initiate the power feed move by pressing GO.
5.
The feedrate is automatically set to 10 ipm (or 254 mm per min). Press the up or down
arrow key to the right of the LCD screen to adjust the feedrate from 1 ipm to 100 ipm. (or
254 to 2540 mmpm)
6.
Press STOP to halt power feed. Press GO to resume.
7.
Repeat the process beginning at "3" above as often as you wish.
8.
Press RETURN soft key to return to manual DRO operation.
6.6 Service Codes
Service codes are accessed from the DRO screen. Please see Section 13 for a detailed
explanation of Service Codes.
6.7 Teach
Teach gives you the ability to enter X and Y dimensions into a program. It can be a useful way
of entering a few manual moves for operations like clearing out excess material or remembering
a few hole locations.
The process of using Teach is in two parts. The first part takes place in the DRO Mode. This is
where you start the Teach program, establish the program events and enter the X and Y
dimensions. The second part is in the Program Mode. This is where you complete the Teach
events that you began in the DRO Mode by entering the rest of the data. Once the data is
entered, the Teach events become just like the other events that make up a program.
6.7.1 Entering Teach Data
From the DRO screen, press Teach.
On the top of the screen, you will see the message "Teach" and an event counter. When
you enter Teach, you are actually programming events. If there is already a program in
current memory, Teaching will add events to the end of the program. If there is not
already a program in current memory, Teaching will start a new program. For example,
if you already had a program in current memory that had 10 events, when you press
Teach, the event counter will say EVENT 11. If there is no program, the event counter
will say EVENT 1.
The event counter shows the event for which data is being entered. You may teach in
position, drill, and mill events only.
On the first Teach screen, the softkeys are:
POSN DRILL
: a position / drill event.
MILL BEGIN
: the beginning of a straight line or MILL event.
