SummaCut Series Cutters User’ s Manual
Operation 2-5
2.2. SUMMA CUTTER CONTROL
All the settings of the SummaCut Series can be changed with the control
program Summa Cutter Control. For information on installation or general
setup of this program, refer to the ‘Readme.txt’ file on the installation disk.
This program will only communicate with the cutter if the cutter is in on-line
mode. This means that the two green LEDs are off.
By clicking on the ‘Menu’ button in the main Summa Cutter Control window,
all the cutter’ s settings can be changed.
Four different user configurations can be saved in the cutter’ s memory. The
selected configuration number is marked at the bottom of the menu window.
These four configurations are maintained independently.
Following parameters can be changed with Summa Cutter Control:
2.2.1.KNIFE PRESSURE
The KNIFE PRESSURE parameter is used to set or modify the cutting pressure of
the knife.
The default knife pressure value is 120 grams.
The knife pressure can be set between 0 and 400 grams.
The knife pressure value is set in 5 gram increments.
Knife pressure setup is explained in detail in section 1.7.1.
2.2.2.POUNCING PRESSURE
The POUNCING PRESSURE submenu is used to set or modify the pouncing
pressure of the pouncing tool.
The default pouncing pressure value is 120 grams.
The pouncing pressure can be set between 0 and 400 grams.
The pouncing pressure value is set in 5 gram increments.
On the LCD, the active pouncing pressure value is marked with an *.
Pouncing pressure setup is explained in detail in section 1.7.3.
2.2.3.KNIFE OFFSET
The KNIFE OFFSET parameter is used to set or modify the distance between the
knife blade tip and the centre axis.