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1
INSTALLATION
June 1999
96-8000
INST
ALLA
TION FOR
THE VF-SERIES MILL
2
Table of Contents
1. INSTALLING THE VMC
2
OPERATING DIMENSIONS
3
MACHINE FOOTPRINTS
4
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
7
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
7
ELECTRICITY REQUIREMENTS
7
AIR REQUIREMENTS
8
INSTALLATION TOOLS REQUIRED
9
MATERIALS REQUIRED
9
MOVING THE CRATE
10
UNPACKING THE VMC
11
UNCRATING
11
SETTING IN PLACE
12
ANCHORING INSTRUCTIONS
14
ANCHORING OVERVIEW
15
CORING INSTRUCTIONS
16
FINAL ANCHORING
18
ANCHOR PATTERN: VF-0/E/1/2
20
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-0/E/1/2
21
ANCHOR PATTERN: VF-3/4
22
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-3/4
23
ANCHOR PATTERN: VF-5
24
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-5
25
ANCHOR PATTERN: VF-6/7/10
26
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-6
27
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-7
28
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-10
29
ANCHOR PATTERN FOR VF-8/9/11
30
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-8
31
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-9
32
MACHINE FOOTPRINT: VF-11
33
INITIAL SETUP
34
AIR CONNECTION
35
OPTIONAL CHIP AUGER INSTALLATION
36
ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS
37
MACHINE START UP
40
COOLANT TANK INSTALLATION
42
THROUGH THE SPINDLE COOLANT SYSTEM STARTUP
43
OPTIONAL AUXILIARY FILTER FOR TSCHP SYSTEM
45
APPLICATION
45
INSTALLATION
45
REPLACEMENT FILTER BAGS
47
LEVELING THE VMC
48
ROUGH LEVELING
48
FINE LEVELING
50
OUTRIGGER LEVELING PROCEDURES
51
SPINDLE BREAK-IN
52
PREPARATION FOR SHIPPING THE VMC
53
LOCK UP THE MACHINE FOR SHIPPING
54
DISCONNECT SERVICES
55
SECURE THE FRONT
56
MOVE ONTO THE PALLET
56
CRATING THE VMC
59
SHIPPING THE MACHINE WITHOUT A PALLET
60
PROCEDURE
61
CABLE LIFT INSTRUCTIONS
63
2. MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
72
2.1 TSC MAINTENANCE
73
2.2 LUBRICATION CHART
74
3. OPERATION
75
3.1 BASIC INTRODUCTION
75
3.2 THE COORDINATE SYSTEM
76
3.3 MACHINE HOME
78
3.4 ABSOLUTE AND INCREMENTAL POSITIONING
79
3.5 PROGRAMMING WITH CODES
80
3.6 MACHINE DEFAULTS
82
3.7 PROGRAM FORMAT
83
3.8 CANNED CYCLES
85
3.9 SETUP PROCEDURES
86
3.10 OPERATORS CONTROL PANEL
88
REAL TIME CLOCK
91
3.11 KEYBOARD
92
3.12 POWER ON/OFF
101
POWER ON
101
POWER OFF
101
3.13 MANUAL OPERATION
102
MDI
102
HANDLE/JOG
102
REMOTE JOG HANDLE OPTION
103
3.14 AUTOMATIC OPERATION
104
OPERATION MODE
104
PROGRAM SELECTION
104
STARTING AUTOMATIC OPERATION
105
PROGRAM RESTART
105
STOPPING AUTOMATIC OPERATION
106
EMERGENCY STOP SWITCH
107
WORK BEACONS
107
3.15 PART PROGRAM STORAGE AND EDIT
108
CREATING PROGRAMS
108
EDITING PROGRAMS
109
BACKGROUND EDIT
110
DELETING PROGRAMS
110
SPECIAL FUNCTION KEYS
111
THE UNDO KEY
111
BLOCK OPERATIONS
112
3.16 PART PROGRAM INPUT / OUTPUT
113
RS-232 DATA INPUT / OUTPUT
113
DIRECT NUMERICAL CONTROL (DNC)
116
FLOPPY OPERATION
118
FLOPPY - DIRECT NUMERICAL CONTROL (DNC)
119
3.17 DRY RUN OPERATION
121
3.18 DISPLAYS
121
MESSAGES
122
PROGRAM DISPLAYS
126
POSITION DISPLAYS
126
OFFSETS DISPLAY
127
CURRENT COMMANDS DISPLAY
129
ALARMS / MESSAGES DISPLAY
130
PARAMETER / DIAGNOSTIC DISPLAY
131
SETTING / GRAPHIC DISPLAY FUNCTION
132
HELP / CALCULATOR FUNCTION
134
3.19 TRAVEL LIMITS
136
3.20 FEED/RAPID/SPINDLE OVERRIDES
137
4. PROGRAMMING
139
4.1 WORK COORDINATE SYSTEM
139
4.2 PROGRAM STRUCTURE
141
4.3 ALPHABETICAL ADDRESS CODES
142
4.4 SUBROUTINES
146
4.5 TOOL FUNCTIONS (TNN)
148
4.6 SPINDLE SPEED FUNCTIONS
150
SPINDLE SPEED COMMANDS
150
RIGID TAPPING CONTROL OF SPINDLE
150
WARMUP COMPENSATION
151
4.7 CUTTER COMPENSATION
152
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CUTTER COMPENSATION
152
ENTRY AND EXIT FROM CUTTER COMPENSATION
155
FEED ADJUSTMENTS IN CUTTER COMPENSATION
155
FIVE AXES CUTTER LENGTH COMPENSATION
158
5. G CODES (PREPARATORY FUNCTIONS)
159
RAPID POSITION COMMANDS (G00)
161
INTERPOLATION COMMANDS (G01, G02, G03)
161
MISCELLANEOUS G CODES (G04, G09)
164
PROGRAMMABLE OFFSET SETTING (G10)
164
CIRCULAR POCKET MILLING (G12, G13)
165
CIRCULAR PLANE SELECTION (G17, G18, G19)
167
INCH / METRIC SELECTION (G20, G21)
168
REFERENCE POINT DEFINITION AND RETURN
168
SKIP FUNCTION (G31)
168
AUTOMATIC TOOL MEASUREMENT (G35, G37)
169
AUTOMATIC WORK OFFSET MEASUREMENT (G36 , G136)
170
CUTTER COMPENSATION (G40, G41, G42)
170
TOOL LENGTH COMPENSATION (G43, G44, G49)
171
ENGRAVING (G47)
171
COORDINATE ROTATION AND SCALING (G50, G51, G68, G69)
174
WORK COORDINATE SYSTEM SELECTION (G52, G53, G54-59)
179
MORE MISCELLANEOUS G CODES (G60, G61, G64)
180
BOLT HOLE PATTERNS (G70, G71, G72)
180
CANNED CYCLES (G73, G74, G76, G81, G82, G83, G84, G85, G86, G87, G88, G89)
182
ABSOLUTE / INCREMENTAL SELECTION (G90, G91)
198
MORE WORK COORDINATE SELECTION (G92)
199
INVERSE TIME (G93, G94)
199
CANNED CYCLE AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS (G98, G99)
200
PROGRAMMABLE MIRROR IMAGE (G100, G101)
200
PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT TO RS-232 (G102)
201
LIMIT BLOCK BUFFERING FUNCTION (G103)
202
CYLINDRICAL MAPPING (G107)
202
MORE WORK COORDINATE SELECTION (G110-G129)
206
COMPENSATION (G141, G143)
206
GENERAL PURPOSE POCKET MILLING FUNCTION (G150)
208
RIGID TAPPING
210
IN POSITION ACCURACY (G 187)
210
6. M CODES (MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS)
211
M CODE SUMMARY
211
M CODE DETAILED DESCRIPTION
212
7. PROGRAMMING EXAMPLES
221
G81 DRILLING CANNED CYCLE
221
G82, G83, G84 CANNED CYCLES
222
SUBPROGRAMS AND CANNED CYCLES
226
SUBPROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE FIXTURES
227
LOOPING CANNED CYCLES
228
MODIFYING CANNED CYCLES
229
SPECIAL CANNED CYCLES
230
CIRCULAR INTERPOLATION AND CUTTER COMPENSATION
232
PROGRAMMING USING I AND J
236
CIRCULAR POCKET MILLING
237
GENERAL PURPOSE POCKET MILLING
240
PROGRAMMABLE MIRROR IMAGE
245
THREAD MILLING
248
SINGLE-POINT THREAD MILLING
251
FOURTH AXIS PROGRAMMING
252
FORMULAS
254
8. SETTINGS
255
9. PARAMETERS
271
PARAMETER LIST
271
LEAD SCREW COMPENSATION
305
ELECTRONIC THERMAL COMPENSATION
305
SPINDLE HEAD THERMAL COMPENSATION
305
10. ALARMS
307
11. OPTIONS
333
11.1 QUICK CODE
333
INTRODUCTION
333
QUICK CODE TERMINOLOGY
334
USAGE AND FEATURES
335
CONVERSATIONAL QUICK CODE
337
A SAMPLE QUICK CODE SESSION
338
THE QUICK CODE SOURCE FILE
344
A SAMPLE QUICK CODE SOURCE FILE
348
11.2 ADVANCED EDITOR
349
ADVANCED EDITOR FEATURES
351
11.3 MACROS
359
INTRODUCTION
359
MACRO SUBROUTINE CALL (G65)
361
ALIASING
362
MACRO ARGUMENTS
363
MACRO CONSTANTS
364
MACRO VARIABLES
364
SYSTEM VARIABLES IN-DEPTH
368
ADDRESS CONSTANT SUBSTITUTION
372
MACRO STATEMENTS
373
COMMUNICATION WITH EXTERNAL DEVICES - DPRNT[ ]
382
EXECUTION
383
OPERATION NOTES
383
FANUC-STYLE MACRO FEATURES NOT INCLUDED IN HAAS CNC CONTROL
385
11.4 FOURTH AXIS SETUP
386
11.5 AUXILIARY AXIS CONTROL
387
11.6 FIFTH AXIS CONTROL
389
THE COORDINATE SYSTEM
389
ALPHABETICAL ADDRESS CODES
390
PREPARATORY FUNCTIONS (G CODES)
390
INCH/METRIC SELECTION (G20,G21)
390
WORK COORDINATE SYSTEMS
390
M CODES
390
HANDLE/JOG
391
SETTINGS
391
TOOL OFFSETS
392
PARAMETER DISPLAY
393
DIAGNOSTIC DATA DISPLAY
394
PARAMETERS
394
SETTING UP A FIFTH AXIS
395
AUTOMATIC ACCELERATION/DECELERATION
395
CONSTANT ACCELERATION
395
EXPONENTIAL ACCELERATION
395
ACCELERATION IN FEED MOTIONS
395
ACCELERATION IN RAPID MOVES
396
ACCELERATION/DECELERATION IN CIRCULAR MOVES
397
FANUC 6M, 10M, AND 15M COMPATIBILITY
397
11.7 HIGH SPEED MACHINING
398
CONTOURING ACCURACY
399
11.8 TAPPING WITH THE VF-SERIES CNC MILL
400
RIGID TAPPING
400
USING FLOATING TAP HOLDERS
400
AUTOREVERSING TAPPING HEADS
401
THREAD MILLING
401
11.9 PROGRAMMABLE COOLANT SPIGOT
402
OPERATING THE COOLANT SPIGOT
402
OFFSET DISPLAY WITH SPIGOT ENABLE
402
SPIGOT PROGRAM COMMANDS
402
SPIGOT PARAMETERS
403
SPIGOT M CODES
403
11.10 AUTOMATIC CHIP CONVEYOR OPERATION
404
CONVEYOR KEYBOARD COMMANDS
404
CONVEYOR PROGRAM COMMANDS
404
CONVEYOR PARAMETERS
404
CONVEYOR M CODES
404
11.11 THROUGH THE SPINDLE COOLANT (TSC) - OPTION
405
OPERATION
405
PROGRAM COMMANDS
406
TSC PARAMETERS
406
TSC M CODES
407
ALARM DESCRIPTION
408
SAMPLE PROGRAM
408
11.12 SIDE MOUNT TOOL CHANGERS 40 TAPER DISK AND 50 TAPER SERPENTINE
409
INSTALLATION
409
OPERATION
410
POWER UP PROCEDURE
411
POWER DOWN PROCEDURE
412
TOOL CHANGE RECOVERY
412
FEATURES
412
PARAMETERS
413
ALARMS
415
11.13 AUTOMATIC PALLET CHANGER (APC)
417
OVERVIEW
417
INSTALLATION
418
M CODES - INSTALLATION
418
ROUGH LEVELING / ALIGNMENT
419
FINE TUNING
425
PROGRAMMING
427
PROGRAM COMMANDS
427
M CODES
428
SAMPLE PROGRAMS
428
TROUBLESHOOTING
429
MACHINE SEQUENCE
429
LIMIT SWITCHES
430
ALARMS / FAULTS
431
TECHNICAL REFERENCE
434
PALLET SPECIFICATIONS
434
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
438
12. TECHNICAL REFERENCE
439
12.1 TOOL CHANGER
439
PULL STUDS
441
TOOL CHANGER LUBRICATION
442
SIDE MOUNT TOOL CHANGER RECOVERY FLOW CHART
443
SHUTTLE IN/OUT MOTOR
444
TURRET ROTATION MOTOR
444
12.2 TOOL CLAMP/UNCLAMP
445
TOOL CLAMP/UNCLAMP AIR SOLENOIDS
445
TOOL CLAMP/UNCLAMP SENSE SWITCHES
445
REMOTE TOOL UNCLAMP SWITCH
445
12.3 SPINDLE OPERATION
446
SPINDLE WARM-UP / BREAK-IN
446
SPINDLE ORIENTATION
447
SPINDLE ORIENTATION LUBRICATION
447
SPINDLE ORIENTATION AIR SOLENOID (WITH SHOT PIN)
447
SPINDLE ORIENTATION SEQUENCE
447
12.4 CONTROL PANEL
448
12.5 SERVOS BRUSH / BRUSHLESS
449
SERVO ENCODERS
449
SERVO CHARACTERISTICS
449
SERVO AMPLIFIERS
450
12.6 INPUT/OUTPUT ASSEMBLY
451
12.7 TWO-SPEED GEAR TRANSMISSION
453
GEAR BOX LUBRICATION
453
GEAR BOX AIR SOLENOIDS
453
GEAR BOX SENSE SWITCHES
453
GEAR CHANGE SEQUENCE
453
12.8 CONTROL PANEL
454
JOG HANDLE
454
POWER ON/OFF SWITCHES
454
SPINDLE LOAD METER
454
EMERGENCY STOP SWITCH
454
KEYBOARD BEEPER
455
12.9 MICROPROCESSOR ASSEMBLY
456
MICROPROCESSOR PCB (68ECO30)
456
MEMORY RETENTION BATTERY
457
VIDEO KEYBOARD WITH FLOPPY
457
MOTOR INTERFACE PCB (MOTIF)
458
MOTOR CONTROLLER (MOCON) - BRUSHLESS
459
12.10 SPINDLE DRIVE ASSEMBLY
460
HAAS VECTOR DRIVE
460
12.11 RESISTOR ASSEMBLY
460
SPINDLE DRIVE REGEN RESISTOR
460
SERVO DRIVE REGEN RESISTOR
460
OVERHEAT SENSE SWITCH
460
12.12 POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY
461
MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER CB1
461
MAIN CONTACTOR K1
461
LOW VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY
461
POWER PCB (POWER)
462
SECONDARY CIRCUIT BREAKERS
462
POWER-UP LOW VOLTAGE CONTROL TRANSFORMER (T5)
463
12.13 POWER TRANSFORMER ASSEMBLY (T1)
463
PRIMARY CONNECTION TO T1
463
VOLTAGE SELECTION TAPS
464
SECONDARY CONNECTION TO T1
464
OPTIONAL 480 TRANSFORMER
464
12.14 FUSES
465
12.15 SPARE USER M CODE INTERFACE
467
M FUNCTION RELAYS
467
M-FIN DISCRETE INPUT
468
TURNING M FUNCTIONS ON AND OFF
468
WIRING THE RELAYS
468
12.16 LUBRICATION SYSTEM
469
LOW LUBRICATION AND LOW PRESSURE SENSE SWITCHES
469
12.17 SWITCHES
470
LAMP ON/OFF SWITCH
470
DOOR OPEN SENSE SWITCH
470
LIMIT SWITCHES
470
12.18 HYDRAULIC COUNTERBALANCE
473
12.19 DIAGNOSTIC DATA
473
12.20 DISCRETE INPUTS / OUTPUTS
474
ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS
477
ELECTRICAL WIRING DIAGRAMS
538
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Haas VF-4 Specifications
General
Category
CNC Vertical Machining Center
Z Axis Travel
25 in (635 mm)
Spindle Power
30 hp (22.4 kW)
Spindle Taper
BT-40
Spindle Motor
Vector drive AC motor
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