Specifications

Southwestern Industries, Inc.

TRAK LPM Programming, Safety, & Operating Manual

In order to use a zigzag ramp, the X or Y move must be larger than the diameter of the

tool plus the radius of the tool, minus the finish cut of the pocket. The formula is:

the pocket x or y move > tool diameter + tool radius - fin cut

If the tool is too large for the zigzag ramp, the ProtoTRAK PMX CNC will give an error

message during program run and will then default to plunge. This will occur for each

pass of the pocket depth.

8.6.6 Conrad in Pocket Events

A Conrad may be added to the last event of an Irregular Pocket. The Conrad will be

inserted between the end of the last event and the beginning of the next event.

8.6.7 Bottom Finish Cut

The standard finish cut is along the walls of the part, but you may have the ProtoTRAK

machine a finish cut along the bottom as well. When the highlight is on the Fin Cut

prompt, the blue ? appears next to the Help key. Pressing help gives you the ability to

choose a Finish cut in Z. You can remove the bottom finish cut by placing the highlight

on the Fin Cut prompt and pressing Help again. When you select Yes to the bottom

finish cut, the following prompt will appear:

Z FIN CUT: the finish cut at the bottom.

8.6.8 Face Mill Event

Press Face Mill soft key if you wish to face or clean up the top of a workpiece.

The cutter will automatically start off of the part that you define. The cutter will move

along the X axis to remove the material starting from where you defined X1, Y1 and

finishing at the corner programmed as X3, Y3.

The prompts for the face mill:

X1: is the X dimension to any corner

Y1: is the Y dimension to the same corner as X1

X3: is the X dimension to the corner opposite X1; incremental is from X1

Y3: is the Y dimension to the same corner as X3; incremental is from Y1

Z Rapid: is the Z dimension to transition from rapid to feed

Z End: is the Z dimension at the bottom of the pocket; incremental is from the previous

event

# Passes: is the number of cycles to machine to the final depth spaced equally from Z

Rapid to Z End.

Z Fin Cut: is the depth of the finish cut. If 0 is input there will be no finish cut.

RPM: is the spindle RPM for the event. INC SET will use the RPM of the previous

event.

FIN RPM: is the spindle RPM for the finish cut.

Z Feedrate: is the Z feedrate from Z rapid to Z end in in/min from .1 to 700, or mm/min

from 5 to 17780