Tormach 1300PL, Operator'S Manual

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6: BASIC OPERATIONS
the torch, waits for the AutoFS pierce delay and then moves to
cutting height.
G15 (probe)
G16 (pierce)
Cut and Turn Torch Off: Performs a feed move from the current
position (0, 0) to (0, 4). After the cutting move is complete, the
torch is shut off and returned to the
G30
home position.
Note: You might notice that your torch pauses and
continues to blow air for 10-20 seconds. This is a
cooldown procedure designed by the plasma source
manufacturer.
G1 X0 Y4
M205 (Torch Off)
G30 (Move Home)
6.2.3 Running the Test Program
IMPORTANT! Before running your test program,
make sure you have completed all steps in "Verify
the Installation" (page 36)
1. Find a piece of scrap sheet steel that you can make a 4"
test cut in.
2. Place the metal on the cutting table and connect the
ground clamp to it.
3. Bring PathPilot out of the Reset state and home the
machine.
4. Power on plasma source.
5. Jog the cutting torch to a place at least 5" past the edge
of the plate in Y- (towards the operator side of the
machine).
6. Check that your current Work Coordinate System is
G54
to match the test cutting code.
If it is not, enter
G54
on the MDI line and press Enter.
7. Press the Zero X and Zero Y buttons to set your WCS
zeros.
8. Copy your G-Code from a USB drive and load it.
9. Select the material you are using for your cut test in the
AutoFS dropdown on the main tab.
10. Press Cycle Start and the machine will perform the test
cut that you programmed.
6.3 USE THE AUTOFS MATERIAL PICKER
PathPilot on the 1300PL is designed so that you do not need to
manually program feeds and speeds in your G-code. Instead,
feed rate, amperage, pierce parameters, and torch height
control voltage are all set at program run-time using
automatic look up tables based on the material you are
cutting.
AutoFS is designed so that you can export a program once
from your post-processor and run it multiple times with
different materials, all without re-posting. All material-specific
machine parameters are set by the M200 AutoFS M-code
(rather than directly programmed in the G-code).
6.3.1 Writing G-Code with AutoFS
A standard block of G-code before a cutting operation might
look like this:
M210 P123 (Set THC voltage to 123v)
M211 P45 (Set plasma source to 45A)
M207 P0.15 (Set pierce height to 0.15")
M208 P0.08 (Set cut height to 0.08")
M209 P2 (Set a two second pierce delay)
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