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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK LPM Programming, Safety, & Operating Manual
1.0 Introduction
Congratulations! Your TRAK LPM Milling Machine with the ProtoTRAK PMX CNC is
a brand new concept in smaller lot production. It combines the simplicity of the
ProtoTRAK programming method with innovative systems in tooling, workholding and
job management.
The TRAK LPM is more than a machine. It is a system of machining that helps you to
reduce set ups for smaller run production jobs.
This manual will describe the operation of the machine and the ProtoTRAK PMX CNC.
1.1 Manual Organization
Section 2 of this manual provides important safety information. It is highly
recommended that all operators of this product review this safety information.
Section 3 provides a description of the TRAK LPM and the ProtoTRAK PMX CNC.
Section 4 describes the operation of the milling machine and some basic operations of the
ProtoTRAK PMX CNC.
Section 5 defines some terms and concepts useful in learning to program and operate the
ProtoTRAK PMX CNC.
The ProtoTRAK PMX CNC is organized into seven Modes of operation that are
described in the following sections.
Section 6 DRO: Digital Readout and power feed operations.
Section 7 Programming, Part 1: covers some general programming information and
instructions on starting new programs.
Section 8 Programming, Part 2: Program Events - instructions for the canned cycles, or
events, used to program the ProtoTRAK PMX CNC.
Section 9 Programming, Part 3: the A.G.E., or Auto Geometry Engine, so powerful it gets
its own section.
Section 10 Edit: for routines to make large-scale changes to programs in current memory,
including the powerful Spreadsheet Editing®
Section 11 Program Set Up: Where you can do those set up operations that are possible
with the machine running a different job.