Stand-Alone Punch machine user manual - Finn-Power International ...

1 INTRODUCTION _______________________________________ 1-8
2 SETTING UP NC EXPRESS ______________________________ 2-9
2.1 TOOLING ________________________________________________________2-9
2.1.1 TOOL LIBRARY________________________________________________________ 2-9
2.1.1.1 ADD/MODIFY NORMAL TOOLS _________________________________________ 2-10
2.1.1.1.1 EXERCISE- CREATING NORMAL TOOLS _______________________________ 2-10
2.1.1.1.2 CALCULATION FOR STROKE LENGTH___________________________________ 2-11
2.1.1.2 ADD/MODIFY SPECIAL TOOLS _________________________________________ 2-11
2.1.1.2.1 EXERCISE- CREATING SPECIAL TOOLS (CENTERING GEOMETRY) ___________ 2-12
2.1.1.2.2 MODIFYING SPECIAL TOOLS _________________________________________ 2-14
2.1.2 SETTING DIE CLEARANCES _____________________________________________ 2-15
2.1.3 NETWORKING TOOL LIBRARY (SHARING) __________________________________ 2-17
2.1.4 BACKING UP TOOL LIBRARY ____________________________________________ 2-18
2.1.5 RESTORING OLD TOOL LIBRARY _________________________________________ 2-18
2.2 TURRET SETUP __________________________________________________2-18
2.2.1 TURRET(S) WITHIN NC EXPRESS _________________________________________ 2-19
2.2.1.1 TEMPLATE TURRET __________________________________________________ 2-19
2.2.1.2 MULTIPLE TURRET LAYOUTS __________________________________________ 2-19
2.2.1.3 SHARING TURRET LAYOUTS ___________________________________________ 2-20
2.2.1.4 IMPORTING A TURRET LAYOUT ________________________________________ 2-20
2.2.2 EDIT STATION SETTINGS (LOADING TOOLS) ________________________________ 2-20
2.2.2.1 STATION TYPE______________________________________________________ 2-21
2.2.2.2 KEYS _____________________________________________________________ 2-21
2.2.2.3 LOAD ANGLE_______________________________________________________ 2-21
2.2.2.4 DIE CLEARANCE ____________________________________________________ 2-21
2.2.2.5 OPEN STATION _____________________________________________________ 2-21
2.2.2.6 TOOL LOCKED______________________________________________________ 2-22
2.2.2.7 CLAMP PROTECTION AREA ____________________________________________ 2-22
2.2.2.8 SLEEVES USED FOR TOOLING/NORMAL TOOLS IN AUTO INDEX STATIONS _______ 2-22
2.2.3 EXERCISE- SETTING UP A TURRET ______________________________________ 2-23
2.2.4 TAPPING TURRET (OPTIONAL) ___________________________________________ 2-24
2.3 MACHINE PARAMETERS ___________________________________________2-24
3 STARTING TO USE NC EXPRESS _______________________ 3-25
3.1 LOADING MACHINE WITHIN NC EXPRESS _____________________________3-25
3.2 STARTING NC EXPRESS (ENVIRONMENT) _____________________________3-25
3.3 MATERIALS DATABASE (CAM.MDB) _________________________________3-26
3.3.1 MATERIAL __________________________________________________________ 3-27
3.3.2 UPDATING MATERIALS ________________________________________________ 3-27
3.4 CREATE NEW PART_______________________________________________3-28
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