Tweco iCNC XT - Manual (Page 90)

iCNC XT
5-32 OPERATION Manual 0-5299
5.12.4 Manual Cutting
1. Press and release the MANUAL MODE button.
2. Drive the machine to the wanted piercing point by using the jog buttons.
3. Press and release TORCH ON/OFF button to start the cutting cycle.
4. Press the jog buttons of the desired direction to start the movement.
5. Press TORCH ON;/OFF to stop the cutting and release MANUAL MODE to stop the movement.
6. Press and release ZERO button if you want to stay in that place. MANUAL MODE ends automatically. If you want to return to that point
where you started the MANUAL MODE, just press and release the MANUAL MODE button. The button starts to fl ash and machine runs
back to that point.
5.12.5 Programmed Manual Cutting
NOTE
The MANUAL MODE button must be OFF when using this procedure.
On the Cut Screen, there is a JOG button for programmed manual cutting.
1. Drive the torch to the desired piercing point and press and release the ZERO button.
2. Open the dialog box by clicking JOG button. Use the mouse wheel to enter the exact distance X and Y you want the machine to move.
3. Chick the Rip Cut box.
4. Click on Drive Machine. The machine starts the cutting cycle and drives the programmed path. At the end of that path the torch is
turned off and the machine stops, both automatically.
5.12.6 Trial Run, No Cutting
This will allow faster set up to reposition a program on the plate, eliminating the need to reposition the plate.
1. Call up the wanted program on the Next JOB screen.
2. Bring the cutting program to CURRENT JOB window by clicking the Next Job Preview button
3. Press and release the MANUAL MODE button.
4. Drive the torch to the wanted starting point of the program by using the jog buttons. Press the ZERO button.
5. Click the ACT button on the cut screen and click on the Trial Run box.
6. Enter a trial mode speed and click GO.
7. The machine will perform the programmed path without commanding the plasma on.
8. If the torch runs off the plate, press and release the TORCH ON/OFF button.
9. Turn on the MANUAL MODE by pressing and releasing the MANUAL MODE button. Set a slow speed with the SPEED knob and use
the jog key buttons to reposition the torch back on the plate.
10. Click the MOVE PROGRAM text on the Current Job Screen.
11. Turn off the MANUAL MODE by pressing and releasing the MANUAL MODE button.
12. Press the TORCH ON/OFF button again.
13. Repeat steps 8-12 if the torch runs off the plate again.
14. When the trial run is over, return to ZERO.