Intuitive Programming System For The Mill

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 <HAND JOG> to go back

to the IPS.

Press <CANCEL>.

then

to highlight the DRILL tab.

Press

<WRITE/ENTER>.

Press

to the BOLT LINE tab. You will see

a graphic representation of

what the tab is for.

Press

<WRITE/ENTER>.

You have the option of a

Center drill and a Tap in these

routines

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.

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