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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
Prompt
You push these keys
SELECT EVENT
MILL
X Begin
4.25 ABS SET or 2.5 INC SET
Y Begin
.8 ABS SET
X End
INC SET
Y End
1.3, INC SET
Conrad
INC SET
Tool Offset
0, INC or ABS SET
Feedrate
7.5, INC or ABS SET
Tool #
3, INC or ABS SET
Tool Dia
.375, INC or ABS SET
Continue
2, INC or ABS SET
10.
Look at the program again. If all went well, you should now see the two holes and slot tool
path in the same proportion as they appear on the print. If not, check your inputs and try
again.
When you machine the part, you will probably want to use a drill to open up a hole at the
beginning of the slot for your milling tool. To do that, you can either:
•
program a position event for the drill, or
•
when the ProtoTRAK EMX positions at the beginning of the slot, center drill and drill first,
then put in your mill.
If you have a lot of parts to do, it is worth your while to add the drill into the program, but
probably not if you only have one or two. The great thing about the ProtoTRAK EMX is you
don't
have
to make it part of the program. It still does the positioning for you and you have
the flexibility to do the drill operations before you press the GO button for the milling.
7.12 A Sample Program
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2 ½ Axis
This same part above is used a sample of how to program a 2 ½ axis part on a DPMEX2. Let’s
assume the part below is ½” thick and the holes a
nd slot are all the way through the part.
Event 4
