Intuitive Programming System For The Mill
Jan 03, 2016
Intuitive Programming
System (IPS) for Mill
This information module gives a
brief overview of the Intuitive
Programming System.
Menus
The first thing to note is the Tab structure of the
Intuitive Programming System (IPS)
menus. If you press any of the Display
or Mode keys other than <HANDLE JOG> you will
toggle to the full CNC mode and not see these menus.
If you press <HANDLE JOG> you will return to
the menus.
Note: if go into the WORK OFFSET display, you will have to exit that Display, before pressing <HAND JOG>, to get back to the IPS.
You will notice there are 7 tabs and you are
currently at the MANUAL tab. You can press the Right or Left cursor Keys or use the Jog Handle to change
Tabs or press <WRITE/ENTER> to activate a Tab/Mode.
When in a Tab you will need to press
<CANCEL> to back up to change Tabs.
Cursor RIGHT to the SETUP tab.
You may notice a warning that the
machine has not been zeroed.
Press <RESET> to clear the alarms, then Press <POWER UP/
RESTART>
Before using any of the templates you
need to set up your Work and Tool
Offsets. This Tab will step you through that
process.
Press <WRITE/ENTER> to
select the WORK template.
PRESS<WRITE/ENTER>
to activate the Work Offset
template.
Note there are help menus at
the bottom right of the screen
The number 54 should be in red.
If not, press
or
until the number 54 appears, then
press
You would now need to touch off your work piece
to get the X and Y Offsets.
After entering your offsets, you
can select the Work Material.
This will be used later to calculate your speeds and
feeds. Use the Right and Left Arrow keys to
select and then press
<WRITE/ENTER>.
Press<CANCEL> to exit
this tab.
Cursor
to the TOOL SETUP tab.
In this tab, you will enter your
tool length offsets and enter data on the type of tools you will be using. Press
<WRITE/ENTER>.
Use the Right or Left arrow keys
to select tool type.
For this example we will be using
a 2 in. SHELL (Face) MILL for
Tool 1.
Press
<WRITE/ENTER>
to select.
Press
You can Select Carbide, High
Speed Steel, or User for the tool material by using
the right or left cursor keys and
press
<WRITE/ ENTER>.
Note: If you select “User” for Tool Material, you will need to also input Spindle RPM and Feedrate, otherwise
theses values will be automatically calculated and entered.
Press <TOOL OFFSET
MEAS> and the Tool
Offset value will be
entered.Press <NEXT TOOL> and
the Tool Carousel will
do a tool change. This key is always active in this
tab.
You now need to load and touch off your other tools.
For a Drill Tool you will not need
to enter a Tool Diameter or the
number of Flutes, but you may want to enter a point
angle.
Press<CANCEL> twice to exit this tab.
Press
to highlight the FACE tab.
Press
<WRITE/ENTER>.
Enter 1 for the END MILL TOOL
and press <WRITE/ENTER>
This is a new feature being worked on. It will show the tools you have set up.
1
After entering all the required data, you are
ready to run the program
Before you do, press
<F4>
to bring up the RECORDER .
<F4> is a shortcut to the
Recorder.
Cursor over to RECORD and
press <WRITE/ENTER>.
Now press <F4>
again to close the Recorder.
Holdthe Hold-to-Run
Button thenPress
<CYCLE START>.
You should see the word
RECORDING flashing in red. Any time that
you now press <CYCLE
START>, the G-Code will be
recorded. You can also see the G-Code in MDI. Press <MDI>.
Press
to the BOLT LINE tab. You will see
a graphic representation of
what the tab is for.
Press
<WRITE/ENTER>.
The Origin symbol will change to
show your Work Zero point.
Press
<CANCEL> twice to exit the DRILL
tab.
Cursor right to the POCKET
MILLING tab and press
<WRITE/ENTER>
There are templates for
both Circular and Rectangular
pockets.
Cursor left to PLAY. Press
<WRITE/ENTER>
You will see the three
programs that you created.
Toggle on the RECORDER by pressing <F4>.
Press <CYCLE/START>without holding THE HOLD TO RUN button.
You could now run the programs
to cut another part.
The program will not run, but the code will be
in MDI.
Press <MDI>.
You can now save the G-code as a program.
Enter O123 for a program number
and press <ALTER>.
There will be an M00 between each cycle. You may want to remove these or replace them with M01s.