TRAK ProtoTRAK KMX K3, Safety, Programming, Operating And Care Manual

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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
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KMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
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KMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
7.1.1 General Programming Options 40
7.1.2 Auxiliary (AUX) Functions 41
7.2 Programming Strategy and Procedures 43
7.3 Programming Events – (2 axis mode) 44
7.3.1 Posn Drill 44
7.3.2 Mill Event 44
7.3.3 Arc Event 45
7.3.4 Pocket Event 45
7.3.5 Profile Event 45
7.3.6 Subroutine Events 46
7.3.7 Finishing Teach Events 48
7.4 Programming Events – (3-axis mode) 48
7.4.1 Posn Drill 48
7.4.2 Mill Event 49
7.4.3 Arc Event 49
7.4.4 Pocket Event 49
7.4.5 Profile Event 49
7.4.6 Subroutine Events 49
7.4.7 Finishing Teach Events 49
7.5 Prompts Used to Define the Events 49
7.6 Assumed Tool Offset, Feedrate, and Tool # 51
7.7 Incremental Reference Position 52
7.8 Finish Cuts 52
7.9 Look 52
8.0 Program Mode - The Auto Geometry Engine (A.G.E.) Programming 54
8.1 Starting the A.G.E. 54
8.2 A.G.E. Mill Prompts 55
8.3 A.G.E. Arc Prompts 56
8.4 Skipping Over Prompts 56
8.5 The OK/NOT OK Flag 57
8.6 Ending A.G.E. 57
8.7 Guessing Data 57
8.8 Calculated Data 58
8.9 Arcs and Conrads 58
8.10 Tangency 58
9.0 Changing or Correcting Programs 59
9.1 Deleting a Partially Programmed Event 59
9.2 Editing Data while Programming an Event 59
9.3 Editing Previously Programmed Events 59
9.4 Changing a Part Number (making a copy of a program) 59
9.5 Saving Changes to a Program 60
9.6 Erasing an Entire Program 60
10.0 SET UP/RUN Mode 61