Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
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14.3 Programming Sample Part 1
The purpose of this sample is to demonstrate most of the various event types or canned
geometry’s that can be programmed. Also to give you practice inputting data a
nd running an
actual part. If you don’t want to machine the part, just follow along with the instructions for how
to use the ProtoTRAK EMX.
Preparation
If you want to make this part, you will need the following.
1.
A vise (if the vise does not have step jaws you will also need parallels).
2.
A 1/4 drill.
3.
A 3/8”, 2 flute, bottom cutting end mill.
4.
An edge finder or wiggler.
5.
A piece of 6” x 4” x .250” aluminum.
Program Strategy
Before programming a part, take a moment to figure out what you want to do and what order
you want to do it.
The strategy for programming a ProtoTRAK EMX is pretty straightforward:
•
identify the geometry you want to machine from the print and the order you want to
machine it, what to machine first, second, etc.
•
select each geometry (event) on the control one at a time
•
answer the questions that define the geometry
