Pryor Marktronic MarkMate LCD - Guide to Effective Marking

Marktronic User Guide 1
CONTENTS
1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................................................ 1-1
I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 1-1
Bench / Column Mount Machines .............................................................................................................. 1-2
Marktronic BenchDot™ Compatible Options ............................................................................................ 1-2
I NTEGRATED M ACHINES .................................................................................................................................. 1-3
I N D OT ™ C OMPATIBLE O PTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 1-3
P ORTABLE M ACHINES ..................................................................................................................................... 1-4
P ORTABLE C OMPATIBLE O PTIONS ................................................................................................................... 1-4
2. SYSTEM OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................ 2-2
T HE C ONTROLLER AND S OFTWARE .................................................................................................................. 2-2
T HE MARKING HEAD ........................................................................................................................................ 2-2
D OT MARKING (E & DP M ODELS ) ................................................................................................................... 2-2
V ARIDOT MARKING .......................................................................................................................................... 2-3
S CRIBE M ARKING (SP & SDPH M ODELS ) ....................................................................................................... 2-3
3. GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE MARKING ................................................................................................... 3-1
F IXTURING ....................................................................................................................................................... 3-1
W ORK PIECE MATERIAL ................................................................................................................................... 3-1
S URFACE FINISH ............................................................................................................................................... 3-1
W ORK PIECE FLATNESS .................................................................................................................................... 3-1
D EPTH OF MARK (D OT M ARKING ) ................................................................................................................... 3-2
(90° S TYLUS – N OTE MARKING DEPTHS VARY DEPENDING ON MATERIAL HARDNESS AND STYLUS TIP ANGLE ) 3-2
M ARKING GAP (D OT M ARKING ) ....................................................................................................................... 3-2
S TYLUS TIP ANGLE (D OT M ARKING ) ................................................................................................................ 3-2
C HARACTER SIZE (D OT M ARKING ) .................................................................................................................. 3-3
M ARKING GAP (S CRIBE M ARKING ) .................................................................................................................. 3-3
D EPTH OF MARK (S CRIBE M ARKING ) ............................................................................................................... 3-3
M ARKING FORCE (S CRIBE M ARKING ) .............................................................................................................. 3-3
S TYLUS TIP R ADIUS (S CRIBE M ARKING ) .......................................................................................................... 3-4
S TYLUS TIP ANGLE (S CRIBE M ARKING ) ............................................................................................................ 3-4
4. GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................. 4-1
S ETTING UP ...................................................................................................................................................... 4-1
C ONFIGURING THE CONTROLLER ...................................................................................................................... 4-1
M ODE .............................................................................................................................................................. 4-2
S OLENOIDS ...................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
E LECTRIC Z, C IRCUMFERENTIAL , L ABEL FEED , F OIL FEED ............................................................................... 4-2
L AYOUTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 4-3
C REATING A LAYOUT ....................................................................................................................................... 4-3
P REVIEW .......................................................................................................................................................... 4-4
T RIAL RUN ....................................................................................................................................................... 4-4
M ARKING A LAYOUT ........................................................................................................................................ 4-4
S AVING A LAYOUT ........................................................................................................................................... 4-5
L OADING A LAYOUT ......................................................................................................................................... 4-5
D ELETING A LAYOUT ....................................................................................................................................... 4-6
C OPYING A LAYOUT ......................................................................................................................................... 4-6
5. LAYOUTS ................................................................................................................................................ 5-1
I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 5-1
L INE P ARAMETERS .......................................................................................................................................... 5-1
Contents ..................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
Font ............................................................................................................................................................ 5-3
Varidot ....................................................................................................................................................... 5-3
Repeat dot .................................................................................................................................................. 5-3
Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 5-3