SHANLONG山龙 CA100雕刻机控制系统使用手册英文版V1.1

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Chapter1Outline

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1.1Precautions

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1.1.1InstallationEnvironmentofEngravingMachine

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1.1.2UsagePrecautionsofEngravingMachine

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1.2SystemFeatures

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Chapter2SystemOperationInterface

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2.1SystemInterface

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2.2Toolbar

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2.3StatusBar

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2.4MachiningPathWindow

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2.5MultifunctionalWindow

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Chapter3HowtoInputProgramFile

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3.1ImportProgramFilefromUDisk

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3.2ManuallyCompileProgramFile

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Chapter4HowtoMachineManually

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4.1RemoteMode

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4.2ConstantMicroMode

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4.3IncrementalSteppingMode

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Chapter5HowtoSetupWorkpieceOrigin

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Chapter6HowtoSelectProgramFile

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6.1FileLoading

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6.2WorkpieceOriginSetting

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6.3RelevantOperationsforAutoMachining

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6.3.1Reset

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6.3.2Start

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6.3.3Pause

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6.3.4Stop

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6.3.5ResumeatBreakpoint

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6.3.6AdvancedStart

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6.3.7MirrorImageandRotationProcessing………………...33

6.3.8ExhibitProcessing……………………..34

6.4HandWheelGuidance……………………...35

Chapter7HowtoCheckProgramFile 38

Chapter8HowtoOperateMillingBottomandFrame 40

Chapter9ReturntoMechanicalOrigin 43

Chapter10ProgramManagement 45

10.1New 45

10.2Edit 46

10.3Delete 48

10.4Rename 48

10.5ExporttoUdisk 48

Chapter11ParameterManagement 49

11.1ParameterSetting 50

11.2ReturntoManufacturerDefaultParameter 52

11.3ParameterBackup 52

11.4ParameterRenew 52

11.5PasswordModification 53

11.6PermissionofParameterChange 53

11.7MethodsofParameterChange 54

11.8UserParameter 54

11.8.1OperatingParameter 54

11.8.2FeedingAxisParameter 56

11.8.3MainShaftParameter 56

11.8.4OriginParameter 56

11.8.5CutterParameter 56

11.9FactoryParameter 57

11.9.1OperatingParameter 57

11.9.2FeedingAxisParameter 59

11.9.3MainShaftParameter 60

11.9.4CompensationParameter 61

11.9.5OriginParameter 61

11.9.6I/OPolarityParameter 62

Chapter12AuxiliaryManagement 63

12.1SoftwareUpdate 63

12.2CurrentVersion 64

12.3Chinese/EnglishInterface 65

ProgrammingManual 66

Chapter1DescriptionofCNCMachineTool 69

1.1MachineToolCoordinateAxis 69

1.1.1NamingandDirectionofMachineToolCoordinateAxis 69

1.1.2ConfirmationofMachineToolCoordinateAxisDirection 69

1.2MachineToolCoordinateSystem,MachinetoolZeroPointandMachinetoolReferencePoint 71

1.2.1MachineToolCoordinateSystemandMachineToolZeroPoint 71

1.2.2MachineToolReferencePointandMachineToolStrokeSwitch 71

1.2.3MachineToolReturntoReferencePointandtheEstablishmentofMachineToolCoordinateSystem 72

1.2.4WorkpieceCoordinateSystemandWorkpieceOriginalPoint 73

Chapter2StructureofComponentProgram 75

2.1AddressandFunctionalSymbol 75

2.2FormatofProgramSegment 76

2.3CompositionofProgramStructure 77

2.3.1PartProgrammingNumber 77

2.3.2ProgramContent 77

2.3.3ProgramTerminator 78

2.4ContentofProgramMainPart 78

2.5FormatofSubprogram 78

Chapter3ProgrammingDirectiveSystem 80

3.1SpindleFunctionS,FeedingFunctionFandToolFunctionT 80

3.1.1SpindleFunctionS 80

3.1.2FeedingFunctionF 80

3.1.3ToolFunctionT 81

3.2AuxiliaryFunctionMCode 81

3.3PreparingFunctionGCode 83

3.3.1SelectionofCoordinatePlaneandProgrammingMethod 83

3.3.2SettingandSelectionofCoordinateSystem 85

3.3.3SettingoftheUnit 87

3.3.4FeedingControlDirective 88

3.3.5ControlDirectiveofReturningtoReferencePoint 93

3.3.6DirectiveofSimplifyingProgramming 95

3.3.7DirectiveofToolCompensationFunction 100

3.3.8OtherDirectives 105

3.3.9FixedCirculationFunction 106

3.3.10AdvancedFunction 115

3.4GDirectiveAppendixTable 116

Appendix 118

Chapter1Outline

Chapter1Outline

Chapter1Outline

Welcometouseourcomputerizedcontrollerforengravingmachine.Illustratedwithalotofexamplesandfigures,thismanualmainlyintroducesitsfeaturesandoperatingproceduresofeachfunctionindetails.Beforeoperation,pleasereadthismanualcarefullytoensurecorrectuseofthecontrollerandnooccurrenceofaccidents.Andpleasekeepitproperlyfortheconvenienceofyourreferenceatanytime.

Thiscontrolsystemisofprofessionalthree-axismotioncontrollerbasedontheembeddedplatform,runningindependentlywithoutPC.Theembeddedoperationsystemisadoptedsothatcomputerviruscanbeavoided.Toachievehighmachiningefficiencyandhighqualitymachiningsurface,advancedmotioncontrolalgorithmofself-adoptivelook-aheadvelocityandsplineinterpolationareappliedinthissystem.Itisveryeasyforuserstooperate,learnandunderstand.Andtheinstallationiseasywithlittlespaceoccupation.Thissystemcanbeappliedtoallkindsofengravingmachines,engravingandmillingmachines,andcuttingmachines.

1.1Precautions

1.1.1InstallationEnvironmentofEngravingMachine

Solidground;

Avoiddirectsunlight;

Leavesomespaceformaintenance;

Spacetemperature:5℃to40℃;

Relativehumidity:30％to95％RH;

Installthedevicesinthehorizontalposition;

Well-ventilated.

1.1.2UsagePrecautionsofEngravingMachine

Donotusethisproductinstronginterferenceandmagneticfieldenvironment;

Don'tplugandpullcableincontrolboxwithpoweron;

Payattentiontowaterproof,dustproofandfireprevention;

Keepconductingmateriallikemetaloutoftheinnercase,

Unauthorizeddismantlementisnotallowedasnoinnerpartsareexpectedtoberepairedbyoperators;

PlugandpullUdiskandotherwiringswithmoderatestrength;

Cutthepoweroffwhenthecontrollerisn'tinuseforalongperiodoftimeandkeepitproperly;

Don'ttouchtheworkingengravingkniveswithyourhandsincaseofinjuriesastheyareverysharp.Anddon'tcontactthemwithhandkerchieforsilkscarvestoavoidinjuriesorequipmentdamaging;

Cutthepoweroffwhenoverhaulingandadjustingthemachine;

Operatorsandservicemenshallbewell-trained.

1.2SystemFeatures

CompatiblewithdataformatsuchasstandardGcode,PLTandEng.SupportmainstreamCAD/CAMsoftware,suchasArtCam,MasterCam,ProE,etc.,anddatageneratedbyfullseriesofENG5.18toENG5.50.

Max.amountofaxestocontrol:triple;Supportdouble/tripleaxeslinearinterpolationanddoubleaxescircularinterpolation;

Adopttripleaxessplineinterpolationfunction,operatingfitting-interpolationtosmalllinesunderconditionofspline,improvingsurfacequality;

OperatorscanrealizeinteractionofoutsidefileswithsystemthroughUdiskwithoutnetworkcompletely;

Pretreatmentofmulti-linesandadvancedself-adoptivelook-aheadvelocitycontrolovermachiningpathtorealizefastspeed,highprecision,andgoodcontinuity;

Constantsmalllinesmachiningathighspeedandautomaticselectionofthemostefficiencyoneamongvariouskindsofsmalllinescontrolalgorithms;

Thestandard4Gdatastoragespacecanbeextendedto32Gatmost,supportingprogramfileoflargecapacity;

3Dviewofmachiningpathandreal-timegraphicdemonstrationduringtheprocess;

Manualdatainput(operatorscaninputtheGcodeonline);

Block-skippingexecutivefunction:machiningaccordingtospecifiedmachininglines;

Supportbacklashcompensation,leadscrewerrorcompensationandcuttercompensation;

Possessthefunctionsofbreakpointmemorizingandpowerfailureautoprotection;

Machineryfaultdiagnosisandsystemlog;

Possessthefunctionsofautomaticreturningtoorigin,toolsettingandreturningtoreferencepoint;

Built-inprogramfileeditingmanager:operatorscanmanage,editandmodifythefilesatanytimewithoutinterruptingthepresentmachiningstatus;

Simulationfunction:Quicklysimulatethemachiningprogramtocheckifthereisanyerrorinthemachiningprogramandifthemachiningresultissatisfactory;

Chapter2SystemOperationInterface

Chapter2SystemOperationInterface

Chapter2SystemOperationInterface

2.1SystemInterface

Thewholeinterfaceofthesystemiscomposedof“TitleBar”,“MenuBar”,“Toolbar”,“StatusBar”,“MachiningPathWindow”andsomefunctionalwindows.SeeFigure2-1below:

StatusBar

Toolbar

MenuBar

TitleBar

MachiningPathWindow

MultifunctionalWindow

Figure2-1OperationInterface

TitleBar:Mainlyusedtodisplaycompanylogoandthefilenamealreadyloaded.

MenuBar:Includeafewpull-downmenus,respectivelyrepresentingfivemainoperations:“Auto”,“Manual”,“ParameterManagement”,“Windows”,and“Help”.Acertainmovementorfunctioncanberealizedbyselectingthecorrespondingmenuitemonthe“MenuBar”.

Toolbar:Shortcutoperationbuttonsareontheleftofthe“Toolbar”.Throughthesebuttons,thecorrespondingoperationscanbeexecuted.Ontherightis“MessageBox”inwhichwarningsareshownandinformationareprompted.

StatusBar:Mainlyincludefourinformationdisplayingwindows:“MachineToolStatus”,“Feedrate”,“SpindleSpeed”and“MachiningInformation”.Somestatusmessagesduringthemachiningwillbedisplayed.Afterclickingthebuttons,thecorrespondingcoordinateorspeedparameterscanbechanged.

MachiningPathWindow:Mainlyusedtodisplaythe3Dpathimageofsimulationormachining.Detailsofmachiningcanbeviewedthroughfunctionsofmagnifying,minifying,movingandcentering.

MultifunctionalWindow:Theswitchamongthesub-windowscanberealizedthroughthebuttonsinthewindow.Eachsub-window,including“Auto”,“Manual”,“ToolSetting(Calibrator)”,“SystemLog”,“ProgramManagement”,“ProgramEdit”,and“USBFile”,representsaclassificatoryfunctionrespectively.

2.2Toolbar

“Toolbar”,consistingofsomeoperationbuttonswhichcorrespondtothefunctionsofsomemenucommandsandselectionitems,isbelowthe“MenuBar”.Thesefunctionscanbeperformedbyclickingthesebuttonswiththemousedirectly.

Thereisamassageboxwhichdisplayspromptmessagesandwarningsontherightofthe“StatusBar”.Anditisveryconvenientfortheoperatorstooperatethesystem.

Figure2-2Toolbar

Functionsofbuttonsonthe“Toolbar”:

:Backtoworkpieceorigin;

:Fixedtoolsetting;

:Measureworkpiecesurface(floatingtoolsetting);

:Simulate;

:Reset;

:Start;

:Pause;

:Continueatbreakpoint;

:Stop.

2.3StatusBar

Therearefourpartsinthestatusbarinterface.Seethefigurebelow:

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Figure2-3StatusBar

TheFirstPartisforMachineToolStatus:

Thispartshowsthecurrentpositionofmainshaft(tool),includingworkpieceoriginandmechanicalorigin,andthecurrentpointpositioncanbesetasworkpieceoriginatanytime.Onlymovethecursortothedisplayareaofworkpiececoordinateoftheaxis,andthenleftclickthemouse.Whenthedialogueboxpopsup,click“OK”,thenyoucansetthecoordinateoftheaxisasworkpieceorigin.

Figure2-4WorkpieceCoordinateOriginSetting

TheSecondPartisforFeedrate

Operatorscansetandadjustthefeedrate.Andtheactualvalueofratioandfeedratewillbedisplayed.Also,thecurrentmachininglineandworkpiecesalreadyprocessedwillbedisplayed.

Duringautomachining,operatorscanadjustthemachiningspeedbyadjustingthesliderbaroffeedrateandalteringthesettingvalueofspeed.

Pullthesliderbartoadjustthecurrentmotionspeedratiorangingfromzeroto120%.Thefeedrateisshownintheformofpercentage.TheActualMax.Speed=SettingValueofSpeed*Feedrate.

Clickthe“SpeedBox”behindthe“SettingValue”,andthedialogueboxtomodifyspeedwillpopup.Inputthenewvalueandclickthebutton“OK”,thenthemachiningspeedwillbemodified.Thesettingmachiningspeedshallnotexceedthemax.Speedofsingleaxisisinthesettingparameter;otherwisethesystemwillreportanerror.

Sliderbaroffeedrate

Figure2-5FeedrateAdjustment

TheThirdPartisforSpindleSpeed.

Operatorscansetthemainshaftspeedandadjustthemainshaftratio.Andtheactualvalueofratioandmainshaftspeedwillbedisplayed.Operatorscanalsostart/stoptherotationofthemainshaft.Justthesameasthespeedadjustment,thespeedadjustmentofthemainshaftcanberealizedbypullingthesliderbarormodifyingthemainshaftspeedparameter.

TheFourthPartisforMachiningInformation.

ItdisplaysthecurrentGcodecommand,machiningstarttime,andtimealreadyprocessed.Thecurrentnumberoftool,whichisshownasT1,T2,etc.,willalsobedisplayed.

2.4MachiningPathWindow

Whenthemachinetoolismachiningorsimulating,themachiningpathwindowwilltrackthemachiningpathofthecutterinrealtime,whichmakesitobviousforoperatorstocheckthepaththatthecutteristaking,inordertomakesurethereisn’tanymistakesinmachiningprogram.

Inthe3Dtrackingmode,thesystemprovidestheoperatorswithrichoperationmethodstoviewthegraphfromdifferentdirectionsandsuitablezoomrates.Seethefigure2-6.

Rightclickthemouse,amenubar,containing“Move/Minify/Magnify/ClearScreen”,willappear.Operatorscanclickthe“MoveScreen”buttontodragthecurrentdisplayedmachiningpath.Ifthereisaneedtoclearoutthepreviousmachiningpathwhenstartingthesecondmachiningoraftermanualmachining,operatorscanclicktheitem“ClearScreen”toavoidconfusion.Andoperatorscanclickbuttons“Minify/MagnifyScreen”tominifyormagnifythecurrentmachiningpath.

Inadditiontothemachiningpathwindow,therearewindowsof“ProgramManagement”,“ProgramEdit”,“I/OStatus”,etc,whichcanbeswitchedbyclickingthetitleswiththemouse,orselectedunderthemenuof“Windows”.

Figure2-6MachiningPathWindow

2.5MultifunctionalWindow

Themultifunctionalwindowisattherightbottomofthesysteminterface.Therearesevensub-windows,i.e.,“Auto”,“Manual”,“ToolSetting(Calibrator)”,“SystemLog”,“ProgramManagement”,“ProgramEdit”,and“USBFile”.Operatorscanclickthebuttonstochangethewindowsorselectonthe“Windows”menu.

Figure2-7MultifunctionalWindow

Chapter3HowtoInputProgramFile

Chapter3HowtoInputProgramFile

Chapter3HowtoInputProgramFile

Therearetwowaystoinputprogramfile.OneistoimportfromUdisk.Theotheristocompilemanuallyinthesystem.ThefirstoneissuitableforthosecomplicatedprogramfileswhichneedCAD/CAMsoftwaretoassistingeneratingmachiningpathandUdisktoimportintothesystem.Thesecondoneisappliedtosimpleprogramfiles.

3.1ImportProgramFilefromUDisk

WhenbegintoprocessanewfileintheUdisk,operatorsfirstlyhavetoimportthenewfileintothesystemmemoryfromtheUdisktodoengraving,insteadofreadingthefiledirectlyfromtheUdisk.

Selecttheitem“USBFile”onthe“Windows”menuorclickthebutton“USBFile”atthe“StatusBar”attherightbottomofthemaininterface.TilltheUdiskisidentifiedbythesystem,thesystemwilldisplayallthefoldersandthesupportedfilename.ThenoperatorscanselecttheneededprogramfileintheUdiskandclickthebutton“LoadintoSystem”,andtheprogramfileintheUdiskwillbeimportedintothesystemmemory.Duringtheimportingprocess,therewillbeaprogressbartoinformtheimportingprogress.Afterimporting,theprogressbarwilldisappearautomatically.Ifoperatorsselect“InputandLoad”,thesystemwillinputthefilesintothesystemandinstalltheinputtedfileautomatically.OperatorscanalsodeleteorrenametheUdiskfileatthiswindow.

Figure3-1UDiskFileWindow

IfthereisanyerrorinvisitingtheUdiskornoUdiskfound,thenthenotificationboxwillpopup.

Figure3-2UDiskFileNotificationBox

3.2ManuallyCompileProgramFile

BesidesimportingfilesfromUdisk,operatorscanalsocompileprogramfilesonline.Firstly,selecttheitem“ProgramManagement”onthe“Windows”orswitchthewindowof“StatusBar”attherightbottomofmaininterfacetothewindowof“ProgramManagement”.Thenclickthebutton“New”atthebottomofthewindow,andanewemptyfilebydefaultiscreated.Operatorscanclickthebutton“Rename”torenamethedefaultemptyfile.Seethefigurebelow:

Figure3-3ProgramFileCreating

Clickthebutton“Edit”,thenoperatorscancompiletheGcodemanually,duringwhichthesystemwillpromptthefollowingoperations,suchas“Cut”,“Copy”and“Paste”afterrightclickingthemouse.Seethefigurebelow:

Figure3-4ProgramEditing

Note:

Thiseditwindowcaneditmachiningprogramswithstorageunder5megabytes.Ifthefileisover5megabytes,operatorshavetoeditinaspecificeditoronPC.

OperatorscaninputtheGcodeintheeditwindow(thesystemcanonlysupporttheGcodeeditfunctionatpresent).ThecompilingnormfortheGcodemustbeinaccordancewiththatofourcompany(SeedetailsinPartTwo),otherwisethesystemwillreportanerror.Afterinputting,thesystemwillcheckthegrammarautomaticallytomakesurethatthemachinetoolwon'tbedamagedduetotheexecutionofwrongcommands.

Rightclickthemouseatthe“Edit”windowandthecontextmenuwillpopup.Operatorscanperformthe“Copy”and“Paste”functionsconvenientlytorealizetheeditandmodificationoftheprogramatfastspeed.Clickthebutton“Save”aftermodifyingtheedit,thenthemodifiedprogramfilewillbesaved.

Chapter4HowtoMachineManually

Chapter4HowtoMachineManually

Chapter4HowtoMachineManually

ManualMachiningreferstomachinetoolcarryingoutmachiningbymanualaccordingtotheprogramandparameterssetbytheusers.Therearefourmodesofmachinetoolmanualoperation,i.e.,remotepulsemode,constantmicromode,incrementalsteppermodeandsteplengthcustomizedmode.

Operatorscanselectthemanualoperationmodetoprocesstheprogramfiles.Clickthe“Manual”buttonatthe“StatusBar”windowontherightbottomofthemaininterface,amanualoperationinterfacewillbedisplayedatthewindowandcorrespondingmanualoperationscanbeperformed.Therearesixmanualbuttonsatthewindow,correspondingtothepositiveandnegativedirectionsofX/Y/Zaxesrespectively.Themanualwindowprovidesoperatorswithaninteractiveoperatingenvironmenttooperatethemachinetoolmanually.

Figure4-1ManualMachiningWindow

4.1RemoteMode

Operatorscanchoosetheremoteimpulsemodetoperformconstantmachining.Whenswitchingtheoptionbuttonontherightof“Manual”windowto“Remote(HW)”,operationofmachinetoolwillbedecidedbyremoteinputting.

Thereareseveraloptionsforimpulserateofremote,i.e.,X1gear,X10gear,andX100gear,representingdifferentimpulsemagnificationsoftheremote;

Therearethreeoptionsforaxisofremote,i.e.,X/Y/Zaxeswhicharefedaccordingtooperators'demands.

Therearetwooptionsforsteppingdirectionofremote,i.e.,positiveandnegativeforeachaxis.Afterselectingtheaxisintheremote,youcanturntothenegative/positivedirection,representedbythearrows+/-.

Aftersettingtheaxis,pulserateandsteppingdirectionoftheremote,andturningtheremoteataveragespeed,operatorscanusetheremotetocontrolthemovementofthemachinetool.Toavoidtoomuchbufferingpulsesbroughtaboutbytoofasterspeedofturningtheremote,thepulsesoftheremotemightnotbestrictlyinaccordancewiththedistancethatthemachinetooltravels.

Note:

Beforeperformingthisoperation,pleasecheckiftheexternalremotedeviceiscorrectlyconnected.Thismodeismainlyusedformachinetoolquickpositioning.

4.2ConstantMicroMode

Clicktheoptionbutton“Constant(JOG)”ontherightofthewindowwithyourmouse,thenyou'llentertheconstantmicromode,underwhichyoucanclickthe“Manual”buttonwithyourmouseorpressthecorrespondingshortcutnumerickeyonkeypad.Themachinetoolwillmovewhenyouclickthe“Manual”buttonofthecorrespondingaxisorwhenthecorrespondingnumberkeyisunderthestatusofbeingpressingdown.Whenthemouseorthekeyisreleased,thenthemachinetoolstopsmoving.

Whenperformingthemicroaction,thepathdisplayingwindowwilldisplaythecorrespondingmachiningpath.

4.3IncrementalSteppingMode

Thesameastheconstantmicromode,theincrementalsteppingmode(useincrementalmodeforshort)isanothermodeofmanualmachinetooloperation.Thedifferenceisthattheincrementalsteppingmodecanpreciselycontrolthefeedingdistanceofthemotionaxisofthemachinetool.

Beforeoperating,operatorsshallsetaproperstep.Throughmodifyingthemicrostep,themicrofeedingdistanceofeachtimecanbeset.Operatorscanselecttheproperstepthroughthekeyboardorthemouse,orthestepcanbecustomized.Selectablestepsinthesystemare0.01mm,0.05mm,0.1mm,0.5mm,1mm,5mm,10mm,and15mm.

Thestepcanbesetinthefollowingmethods.

1)Throughthekeyboard:

Whenthemicrowindowbecomesthecurrentactivewindow,themicrostepcanbeincreasedordecreasedthroughthecorrespondingnumberkeysofthe“Manual”button.Eachtimeyoupressthenumberkey,thecorrespondingaxismovesatthegivenstep.

2)Throughthemouse:

Clickthebuttonoftheproperstepwiththemousedirectlybyselectingthemanualbuttonofthecorrespondingaxisinthemanualbuttonareaofthewindow.Eachtimeyoupressthemanualbutton,themachinetoolmovesaccordingtothestepyouselect.

Besidestheabovestepswhichareincommonuse,operatorscancustomizethestep.Operateasfollows:rightclick“CustomizedLength”andadialogueboxwillpopup.Settheproperstepinthedialogueboxandthenclickthe“OK”buttontogoback.Aftercustomizingthestep,thesystemwillmicroaccordingthestepsetbyoperators.

Aftersettingtheproperstep,thenyoucanoperatethemachinetoolthroughkeyboardormouse.

Note:Don'tsetthemicrostepoftheZaxistoolargesothatthemachinetoolwon'tbedamagedduetowrongoperations.

Chapter5HowtoSetupWorkpieceOrigin

Chapter5HowtoSetupWorkpieceOrigin

Chapter5HowtoSetupWorkpieceOrigin

Beforemachiningwiththefiles,operatorscanadjustthepositionofthetoolsandworkpiecesmanuallysothatthemachinecanworkatthepresetpositionoftheworkpiece.

WorkpieceoriginofX/Yaxessetting:runtheX/YaxestothepresetpositionmanuallyandclickthecoordinatecolumnofX/Yaxesatthecoordinatewindow.ClearthecoordinatevalueofX/Yaxesatcurrentpositionaccordingtothepromptinthemessagebox.Seethefigurebelow:

Figure5-1WorkpieceOriginSetting

TherearethreewaystosetuptheworkpieceoriginofZaxis,i.e.,ManualSetting,FloatingToolSetting,andFixedToolSetting.

ManualSettingissimilartotheX/Yworkpieceoriginsetting.

FloatingToolSettingmakesitconvenientforoperatorstolocatetheheightoftheworkpiecesurfaceandsettheworkpieceoriginofZaxis.Specificoperationsareasfollows:Putthefeelerblockonthesurfaceoftheworkpieceandmovethetoolnoseabovetheworkpieceoriginthroughmanualoperation.Thenclickthe“FloatingToolSetting”button,andthesystemwillpopupadialoguebox,inquiringifthepositionofthetoolsettingisright.Thenclick“OK”.Whenthemachinetoolisperformingthetoolsettingoperation,thetoolnosewilltouchthefeelerblockandthenitwillraise10mmbyitself.Togetherwiththethicknessofthefeelerblock,thecoordinateoftheZaxiswillbeidentified.

TheiconofFloatingToolSettingonthe“Toolbar”menuis.

RecordworkpieceofcurrentpointinZdirection

Surface

Workpiecesurface

FeelerBlock

Tothesurfaceoffeelerblock

Top

对刀块

Tothesurfaceoffeelerblock

②Raise10mm

工件表面

Figure5-2DiagramofFloatingToolSetting

Note:

Beforetoolsetting,operatorshavetomakesurethatthetoolnoseisabovethefeelerblock,whichmeansthatthetoolnoseshalltouchthefeelerblockwhenfeedingthecutter,otherwisethecutterheadandworkpiecewillbedamagedasthemachinetoolkeepsonfeeding.

Thethicknessofthefeelerblockcanbesetin“FactoryParameter”.TheworkpieceorigincoordinateinZaxiswillcompensatethethicknessaftersettingthetool.

Thespeedoftoolsetting,rangingfrom60to1000mm/min,canbesetin“ParameterSetting”.Ifthespeedisoverthemaximumofthesetparameter,thenthecutterheadorfeelerblockwillbeworn-out.

ForFixedToolSetting,operatorsshallsetthemechanicalcoordinateoftoolsetterin“ParameterManagement”.Whenperformingfixedtoolsetting,thesystemwillautomaticallymovetothecorrespondingmechanicalcoordinateofX/Yaxes.Afterthat,thesystemwillperformtoolsettingintheZaxis.ThemovementofZaxistoolsettingissimilartothatoffloatingtoolsetting.

Operatorscanselecttheitem“SaveWorkpieceOrigin”onthe“Manual”menutosavethecurrentworkpieceorigintotheprogramfilesystem.Inthisway,operatorscansavethefrequentlyusedworkpieceoriginandmakeitapresetvalue.Ifitisthefirsttimeforoperatorstosettheworkpieceoriginandwanttofastpositionit,thenoperatorscanusethisfunctiontosavethevalueoftheworkpieceorigin.

Figure5-3ItemforSavingtoWorkpieceOrigin

Selectthe“ReadWorkpieceOrigin”itemonthe“Manual”menu,operatorscanpre-readthesetvalueofworkpieceorigincoordinateandquicklymovebacktothepresetworkpieceoriginwhichisalreadyread.Afterreading,thesystemwillgobacktothepresetworkpieceoriginthroughthe“BacktoWorkpieceOrigin”command.

Figure5-4ItemforReadingWorkpieceOrigin

Operatorscanalsoselectthe“SetOffset”itemonthe“Manual”menu,thefollowingwindow,whichcanrespectivelyset“PublicOffset”,“WorkpieceOffset”and“WorkpieceCoordinate”tolocatetheworkpieceorigin,willpopup.

“PublicOffset”referstotheraisingordeepeningdistanceofthemachinetoolcutterduringthemachininganditcanbesetintheX/Y/Zaxesrespectively.

Note:

Theoffsetvalueofeachcorrespondingaxisinthepublicoffsetistheoutcomeofsev