2The technology of your PD 400 CNC at a glance
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2. The technology of your PD 400 CNC at a glance
Dear User,
With this PD 400 CNC lathe, you have acquired a powerful, precise processing machine
that fulfils the highest demands on ease of use, precision and reliability:
The mechanical basis is the successful PD 400 lathe from the company PROXXON.
The electrical control of the feeds of both tool axes by computer, however,
comprehensively expands the options of a conventional, i.e. manually controlled lathe:
The geometrical data of the desired work piece shape is constructed or programmed by
the NCCAD 7.5 software especially developed for this machine and can then be
reproduced automatically and any number of times on the PD 400 CNC.
The hand wheels of the PD 400 are replaced with electrical stepping motors whose force
is converted in the feed of the carriages with highly precise recirculating ball screws.
The stepping motors are actuated by the CNC control that is "operated" and monitored
by the control computer.
All components are meticulously interfaced and thus offer optimum performance and the
basis for trouble-free operation.
For this state to remain, certain knowledge of how the machine and the software is set
up is required on the one hand and the interaction of these components on the other.
That is precisely what this manual is to convey at first: Not primarily the instruction into
the many "secrets" of the CNC program, but rather a solid knowledge base on the
commissioning of the machine.
Naturally it is also necessary to generally concern oneself with the possibilities of the
program and its structure, just to be able to use the many possibilities, to be more
efficient and to prevent dangerous situations from occurring.
We have integrated an "electronic manual" within the program just for that purpose. It
contains all the necessary information in a clearly structured and comprehensively
illustrated form and goes into exhaustive detail of the possibilities offered by the
program.
This is called up by clicking the "Help" menu and then clicking "Help Topics" in the next
window.
Finally, this manual can be used as a "Help" function to solve rather concrete and
current problems with an application with the help of a sophisticated navigation window.
This omits the annoying paging back and forth in a voluminous printed work: the
answers to specific problems are found quickly and precisely.
You will find notes on how to use the "Help" function further along in this manual.
Furthermore , we offer specific notes on what you can to do to not only use the excellent
features of the machine, but to maintain it for a long time.
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