Machining fundamentals | Manual machine positioning
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Continuous moves
To manually position the machine using continuous movement:
Press the Move Tool soft key
Make sure none of the incremental jog keys are highlighted
Press the appropriate Arrow key to move the tool in the
direction required for the axis move
The tool will move at the currently active jogging speed. The
tool will move until the Arrow key is released.
Handwheel operation
When a handwheel is connected and enabled under Install Setup it
can be activated and used for jogging.
Press the Move Tool soft key to activate the handwheel for
jogging
Press the Exit soft key to deactivate the handwheel and exit
Move Tool
In order to use the handwheel, the two permissive
buttons must be pressed in (squeezed) and held on the
handwheel unit.
The axes can be moved by first selecting the desired Axis key,
then selecting the desired Speed / Feedrate key, and then either
pressing the + or - key or moving the wheel on the unit.
The handwheel does offer some functionality outside of Move Tool
as well. It can be used to issue an Emergency Stop condition, issue
an NC Start command (equivalent to console GO button), issue an
NC Stop command (equivalent to console STOP button), and / or
issue a Spindle FWD (O4) command. All operations, except for
Emergency Stop, require that the permissive buttons be pressed
and held during the command.
Adjusting the feedrate
The Feedrate Override potentiometer can be used to override
the currently active feedrate or rapid rate for machine moves. The
switch provides a range of 0% to max% as defined in Job Setup.
Setting the switch to 100% will allow the actual feedrate or rapid
rate currently active to be used.
The machine builder determines the default rapid rate
and maximum feedrate at setup. If the control is shut
down, the configuration file reloads these default rates
at the next power up.
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ACU-RITE | TURNPWR | User's Manual | 08/2020
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