Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
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Look at the Program
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Press the LOOK hard key to see what your program looks like. You don't have to finish the
programming to see what you've done so far. Any time you see the SELECT EVENT prompt
in the Program Mode, you can look at the part graphics.
The drawn part should look like this:
If your part draw doesn’t look like this, don’t panic. See if you can figure what piece of
geometry, and therefore what event looks wrong. Go back to that part of your program and
check your inputs against these instructions.
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Press RETURN. The program is complete
Program In/Out Mode
Now that we have a good program we want to save it. If you turn the ProtoTRAK off now the
program will be lost. To prevent this, we will save it in the system’s internal storage where it
will stay (even without power) until you intentionally erase it.
Do the following:
1.
Press
MODE and select the
PROG IN/OUT soft key.
2.
The conversation line says, “Part Number 123”. If you wanted to change the part number
you could just put in a new one at this time. You press SAVE soft key and wait a few
seconds until it’s complete. Notice your new part number, 123, is now in the list.
Program Run Preparation
Set Up the Workpiece
If you want to make the part take a piece of 6”x4”x.25” aluminum and lock it into the vise a
s
shown below. Use step jaws or parallels. Use step jaws or parallels . Make sure the material
sticks out to the left of the vise by about 1 1/2 inch.
Set the part zero.
1.
Press MODE and select DRO soft key.
2.
Use your edge finder to position the spindle over the bottom left corner of the part.
Remember this was our program absolute zero.
3.
Press INC/ABS to be sure the display reads the absolute position (ABS).
