Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
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“X Offset”. You press .75, INC SET because that’s the distance between the holes in the X
direction.
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“Y Offset”. Your press 0, INC SET because the other holes are not shifted in the Y direction.
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“# Repeats”. Your press
3, SET because we want 3 more holes each offset by .75 inch.
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“Tool #”. You press 1, SET because we’re using the same tool.
Event 3 - The Bolt Hole Pattern
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“Select Event.” You press POSN DRILL, then the BOLT HOLE soft key for Event 3.
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Event 2 has shifted to the left and the data you need to input is shown on the right.
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“# Holes”. You press
8, SET because there are 8 holes.
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“X CENTER”. You press 1.5, ABS SET.
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“Y CENTER”. You press 2.5, ABS SET.
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“Radius”. You press 1., SET because the radius of the bolt hole pattern is 1.000 inch.
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“Angle”. You press 90., SET. T
his is the angle measured in the counterclockwise direction
from 3:00 o’clock to the first hole you want to drill. We could have input 0 and then we
would drill the right most hole first.
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“Tool #”. You press SET. We’re still using tool number 1, but notice we didn’t press the 1. If
you don’t input a number, the ProtoTRAK assumes the last tool is used again.
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"Tool Dia". You press SET.
Event 4 - The Upper Left Diagonal
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“Select Event”. You press MILL soft key for Event 4.
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“X Begin”. You press 0, ABS
SET to define the beginning of the milling cut at its lower left
point on the diagonal.
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“Y Begin”. You press 3.25, ABS SET to define the beginning of the milling cut.
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“X End”. You press .5, ABS SET to define the end of the milling cut.
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“Y End”. You p
ress .75, INC SET to define the end of the milling cut. Notice we defined this
as an incremental change of .75 inch from the beginning. We could have also input 4.0, ABS
SET to also define the end point. Think about this and make sure you understand.
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“CONRAD”. You press SET because we don’t want to blend this mill cut into another cut.
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“Tool Offset”. You press 2, SET because you’re selecting that the tool is to the left of the
work piece as it moves from beginning to end.
