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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
KMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
KMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
At any time you may exit the Teach screen and return to the DRO screen. The
events you have defined with their X and Y dimensions are finished in the
Program Mode. See Section 7.3.7.
The Z information also needs to be filled in once you go back to program mode.
This is applicable when running a 3-axis KMX mill.
6.6
GO TO (TRAKing / Electronic Handwheel Option)
The Go To function in the DRO mode allows you to set a dimension in X, Y or Z at
which you want the machine to stop moving when you are cranking manually. For
example, if you wanted to machine manually exactly 2" of table motion from absolute
0, you would input: Go To, X, 2, Abs Set. While the Go To window is displayed, the
ProtoTRAK KMX will not let you pass that 2" dimension you set.
a.
Press the Go To key.
b.
Enter the axis, X, Y, Z or any combination. Input the dimension(s).
c.
Press Abs Set.
d.
Crank the handwheel. Motion will stop at the entered dimension even if you
continue to crank the handwheel.
6.7
Tool #
The Tool # softkey is used in 3-axis mode when you want to change the tool you have
in the spindle. The Z DRO prompt will update once you enter in a new tool number,
assuming you have set the tool length offset in the tool table.
6.8
Power Feed
The servomotors can be used as a power feed for the table, saddle and quill (or head
for DPMs), or all three simultaneously.
1.
Press the POWER FEED soft key.
2.
A message box will appear that shows the power feed dimensions. All power feed
moves 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.
