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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
7.4.5 Subroutine Events
These events are the same as in 2 axis mode, except you can offset the Z rapid
and Z depth.
7.4.6 Finishing Teach Events
The TEACH event is the same as what is found in 2 axis mode, except you will
need to fill in your Z rapid, Z end or depth and Z feedrate.
7.5 Prompts Used to Define the Events
The following prompts are encountered in programming the events.
# Holes
- the number of holes in the bolt hole pattern.
Angle
- the location of the first hole to be machined in a Bolt Hole event. It is the angle from
the positive X axis (that is, 3 o'clock) to the hole. The positive angle is measured
counterclockwise from 0.000 to 359.999 degrees.
Conrad
- There are two meanings to Conrad:
1. The connecting radius between line or arc being programmed and the next line or arc event.
Simply enter the radius value at this prompt and the ProtoTRAK EMX will figure the tool path to
go from one event to the next with a connecting radius. If no radius is desired, or if you are
programming the last event, enter 0 by pressing the INC SET or ABS SET key without a number
value.
2. The corner radius in a rectangular pocket or PROFILE. The radius is tangential.
Continue
- to tell the ProtoTRAK EMX if the event is continuous to the next event(s) to be
programmed. This saves inputs needed to define a profile. If the event is programmed with a
Yes, for continue, then X begin, Y begin, Tool Offset, Feedrate and Tool # will not be prompted
in the next one.
Direction
- for an arc or circle, the direction is clockwise or counterclockwise.
Feedrate
- the milling feedrate in in/min from .1 to 99.9 or in mm/min from 5 to 2500.
Fin cut
- for a pocket or profile, the width of the finish cut. If 0 is input, there will be no finish cut.
Radius
- the radius of the bolt hole pattern, arc or circle.
Tool #
- the number you assign to identify the tool.
Tool Diameter
- the diameter of the tool. See the note on finish cuts later in this section.
Tool offset
- the selection of the tool offset, right, left or center relative to the programmed
edge and tool movement.
X
or
Y
- the X or Y dimension, may be defined in absolute or incremental reference.
X Begin
or
Y Begin
- the X or Y beginning point of the line or arc.
X Center
or
Y Center
- the X or Y dimension of the center of the bolt hole pattern, arc or circle.
X End
or
Y End
- the X or Y ending point of the line or arc.