Acu-Rite Control System MILLPWRG2 User Manual

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Circle ring
A ring is a circular pocket with a circular island in the center. A ring is 
determined by its center point, outside radius (radius of the pocket) 
and inside radius (radius of the island). 
The direction of the cut on the inside radius will determine whether 
you are climb cutting or conventional cutting. MILLPWR
G2 will reverse 
the tool direction on the outside radius so that the cutting direction 
stays the same.
From the PGM screen, press...

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ARROW DOWN or press the More soft key.
The Finish and Feed fields will assume the same as the previous 
finish fields in the program if it exists.  Otherwise this data must be 
added if required, or leave it blank if not required.
For Direction, press either the CW soft key for a clockwise cutting 
direction or the CCW soft key for a counter-clockwise cutting 
direction.
Press the USE key.
If the tool size and type listed in the Tool field are...

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Circle helix
The circle helix can only be performed with a 3 axes system.
A helix is defined by one of two ways:
By the radius, depth and pitch
By the radius, depth and number of revolutions
To program a helix:
From the PGM screen, press the CIRCLE key to access the Circle 
popup Menu.
Select Helix from the popup Menu.
Entering data
In the Center field enter the  X and Y axes coordinates for the center 
of the helix using the ARROW DOWN key to enter...

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Radial slot
A radial slot can be defined one way:
By the center, radius, start angle, and sweep angle.
To program a radial slot:
From the PGM screen, press the CIRCLE key to access the Circle 
popup Menu.
Select Slot from the popup Menu.
Entering data
In the Center field enter the X and Y axes coordinates for the center 
of the slot using the ARROW DOWN key to enter the data, and move to 
the next field.
Enter the Begin and End depths for Z.
Enter...

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The slot is machined at the feed rate programmed in the step.  
When the tool makes a cut greater than the step over such as the 
initial cut down the center of the slot, the full cut override is applied 
to the feed.  The full cut override only applies to the rough pass.  The 
finish pass runs entirely at the programmed finish feed.
The Z step size is determined by the system and will not exceed the 
specified distance or number of passes.  
The tool...

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Entering data:
Select the Row of Holes from the popup menu.
In the From field, enter the X and Y axes coordinates for the center 
of the first hole and ARROW DOWN to the next field.
Now either: Enter the X and Y axes coordinates for the center of the 
last hole in the To field; or perform the following step instead.
ARROW DOWN and enter the distance between each hole (from center 
point to center point) in the Hole Spacing field, then enter the angle...

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Hole frame and array
Hole Frame and Hole Array patterns require the same information, but 
their patterns differ slightly. Hole frames limit holes to the outside 
edge of a rectangular shape, while hole arrays allow holes along the 
outside edge and throughout the center.
Hole Frames and Hole Arrays can be defined three ways:
By the position of the 1st Corner, size, and the number of holes.
By the position of the 1st Corner, position of the 2nd (diagonal)...

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Entering data:
From the PGM screen, press the HOLES key to access the HOLES popup 
Menu.
Select the Rectangle Array from the popup Menu.
Enter the 1st Corner X1 and Y1 axes coordinates.
Now enter either the Size of the array or the 2
nd Corner coordinates.
Either data entry will automatically fill in the fields for the for the 
other option.
To enter the Size, enter the length of the array along the X and Y 
axes.
Or enter the X and Y axes...

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Bolt circle patterns
A Bolthole Circle pattern is defined by its center point, radius and 
number of holes. You can program partial bolthole patterns by 
pressing the More soft key and entering a start angle and an end angle.
Entering data
From the PGM screen, press the HOLES key to access the HOLES popup 
Menu.
Select the Bolt Circle from the popup Menu.
Enter the Center X and Y axes coordinates.
Enter the Begin and End depths for Z. Also enter the...

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8.2 Additional Milling Functions
8.2  Additional Milling Functions
Step functions soft key
Additional functions are available from the PGM screen by pressing the 
Step Functions soft key.
Explode
When in PGM mode there are certain functions that can 
be exploded. Pressing the Explode soft key will 
explode a program step into several, more detailed 
steps. You can explode the following functions:
All HOLES functions, Row, Frame, Array and Bolt Circle
Repeat, Mirror and...