Wire EDM Machine Operation Chapter 15
Copyright November, 98 Page 15-4 Sodick Inc.
move to a location in the Y-axis, move the cursor to positioning move and press
“RETURN” and it turns blue. The cursor moves to the X-axis. Move the cursor to the Y-
axis and press the minus key. Enter the Y-axis position value then press “RETURN” and
it turns blue. Now, press “ENT” and the machine will move to the new value. You can
move several axes at once.
The next function is “CHNG-CRD 00”. Move the cursor to “CHNG-CRD”, type the
screen number you want to change to and press “RETURN” and it turns blue. Now press
“ENT” to change to that run screen.
The next function is “SHIFT”. Move the cursor to “SHIFT”, press “RETURN” and it
turns blue. Now move the cursor to the axis you want to change and type the new value,
press “RETURN” and it turns blue. Press “ENT” to change the value of the axis. This is
like G92 code.
The next function is “SENSOR TOUCH”. Move the cursor to “SENSOR TOUCH”,
press “RETURN” and it turns blue. Move the cursor to the axis you want to edgefind in
and choose + or - for direction of the edgefind and press “RETURN” and it turns blue.
Now press “ENT” to edgefind.
The next function is “LIMIT”. Move the cursor to “LIMIT” and press “RETURN” and it
turns blue. Move the cursor to the axis you want to send to a limit switch and also choose
the direction + or - and press “RETURN” and it turns blue. Now press “ENT” to send the
machine to a limit switch.
The next function is "HALF". Move the cursor to "HALF", press “RETURN” and it turns
blue. Move the cursor to the axis you want to half, and press “RETURN”. Now press
“ENT” and the machine will move to half the value that was in the axis you chose.
The next functions are “ABSOLUTE” and “INCREMENTAL”. Move the cursor to either
choice, press “RETURN” and enter to change the mode the machine is in
The lower menu at the bottom of the screen does several things. “FEED”,”ST”,”LIMIT”
and “HALF” simply move the cursor to the function you choose. If you choose “ABSO”,
it will change between absolute and incremental. If you choose “CRDNTS”, it will go to
the next run screen. If you choose “A ALL”, it will zero out all axis in all 59 run screens.
Press the softkey below “MORE” and another menu appears. This allows you to zero out
an axis in the current run screen by choosing the one you want or all axis with the “ALL”
key. Press “MORE” again and this menu will switch to the run screen that you choose.
There are several other functions in the lower right corner. Move the cursor to
“FILENAME:” and type the name of the file you want to run. Press “RETURN”. Now
press “ENT” to execute the program. The machine will search for the program in
memory first. If it doesn’t find the program in memory, it will search the hard drive.
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