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User Manual: M-15
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CENTROID TM M-15 CNC Control For Mills ® Easy To Use... The Advanced Features You Need! 3 Axis CNC Controls So Easy, You’ll Cut Parts The First Day. . . With Centroid’s easy-to-learn Graphical G-code Editing, simple setup, and full featured 3D graphics, you’ll have everything you need to be productive the first day. Optional Color LCD Screen User Friendly Controls Feedrate Override Tool Path Graphics Electronic Handwheel Option Hard Drive Program Storage 3 Axis Floppy Disk Drive & RS-232 Dedicated Jog Buttons 3 or 4 Axis CAD/CAM Ready Sealed Keypads and Keyboard Ready - PC Based, Upgradeable & Expandable End user needs to supply standard keyboard Graphical G-code Editing Program lines and arcs graphically. The easy fill-in-the-blank format generates industry standard G-code programs automatically. Lines, arcs, bolt hole circles, and pockets can be programmed directly from the dimensions on your blueprint. View Your Part...Fast! With 2 & 3D Graphics Centroid graphics virtually eliminate programming errors. A single touch of a button shows you graphics as you work, even for partially completed programs. Compare your work to the blueprint and get back to your program quickly. For an even better look, zoom and pan your part, or change to 3D to get an isometric view. Canned Cycles Canned cycles make everyday jobs a snap. Choose bolt hole patterns, rectangular or circular pockets and frames, or facing. Use Repeat to duplicate whole parts, make a matrix of holes, or repeat a contour to depth. Mirror, rotate, and scale your part. No Print? No Problem! Use the Teach Feature With Teach, use an edge finder or the tool itself to “Teach” your way around an existing part. Let the M-15 record the locations of lines and arcs into your program automatically. You can then cut the part like any other program. Math Help Centroid’s Geometry Solver helps you find those unknown intersections and tangent points that draftsmen often leave off blueprints. Just fill in the known information from the blueprint. Geometry Solver gives you the solution for the unknown points and automatically inserts the answer. Fast Setup, Even for 3 Axis Parts Centroid’s M-15 increases your production, while making setup as simple as most 2axis controls. The Z-axis setup is fast and easy. On-screen “How-to” pictures and menu driven selections make it one of the easiest milling controls to set up and operate. s Fast & Easy Set-Up So Advanced, You’ll Cut Parts The Competition Can’t High Speed Contouring The M-15 is perfect for cutting detailed, complex CAD/CAM or Engraving programs at high speeds! Even the largest files can be run without hesitation, thanks to the Unlimited Part Program Size* feature. A high-speed throughput block rate, combined with 2000 block accel/decel lookahead, the M-15 cuts at 100 in./min. while holding tight tolerances. Many controls make that claim, but few can actually do it. Digitizing & Probing Create & Manipulate Digitizing* Copy contoured 3D surfaces found on freeform or artistic parts. Duplicate surfaces automatically using Digitizing and your existing machine; an extra computer is not needed. Cut an exact 1:1 duplicate without program modifications, or export the surface data for editing with your off-line CAD/CAM system. Centroid’s M-15 gives you advanced features needed to tackle jobs other controls can’t. High Speed Continuous Contouring combined with Unlimited Part Program Size*, Multiple Work Coordinate Systems*, Digitizing*, Probing* and Engraving* give you the ability to program and cut unusual or complex 3D parts. And since all Centroid controls are PC based, your M-15 can grow to meet all your future needs. Probing Cycles* CAD/CAM and Engraving Import DXF (CAD drawings) and lay down toolpaths at the control. *Mastercam v3.21 Level 1, standard on all color models. Use for pocketing, island avoidance, and contouring, includes automatic finish pass, radius on and off, depth repeat, mirror, scale, and copy. For 3D shapes, upgrade to Mastercam Level 2 fpr Swept, Rule, and Revolved surfaces. Engrave letters, numbers, and symbols with Centroid Engraving; write on an arc or angle, quick and simple to use, has 20 built-in fonts. s Let Centroid’s Probing cycles save your shop countless hours of setup time. Whether it’s establishing fixture offsets, measuring tool heights, or finding part edges; Probing does it for you. Use any one of the six handy automatic cycles to find part centers and corners of pockets, bosses, and slots. Optional Automatic Tool Measurement Work Coordinate Systems*, Subprograms and Macros* Cut the same part programs in multiple vises or fixtures with Multiple Work Coordinate Systems (WCS). For those who prefer advanced G-code features, the M-15 also supports subprograms and macros. Retrofits and Special Applications Centroid CNC controls fit a wide variety of applications. Revitalizing old NC/CNC machines with a new M-15 is a profitable alternative that many shops are choosing. Centroid’s fully prepared kit includes console, servo amplifier, motors, 110 volt operation, and support arm — all pre-wired and ready to bolt on. There’s nothing else to buy. Centroid’s product support, ease of use, and superior design assures success. *Optional Equipment s Supports Multiple Vises Control Computer Features • • • • • • • • • 32 bit PC Based DSP technology Updateable software High-speed block process speed Internal hard drive Digital servo drives and motors Alphanumeric keyboard (splash-proof) VGA LCD display RS-232, mouse, & parallel ports Mastercam v.3.21, Level 1* Axis Control • High-speed 3D contouring • 3-axis simultaneous control • 640kb standard program size (unlimited part program size optional • CAD/CAM ready • Least input increment of .0001” (.001mm) • Emergency stop • Hold tolerances even on high-speed moves • Backlash compensation • Lead screw compensation Operation • • • • • Icon and Soft Key-based operating system MDI Run mode Single block mode Manual feed mode (jog) incremental or continuous feed • Manual pulse generator (MPG optional, 2 types) • Sequence and N number search • Program restart with Smart search Interpolation • Positioning [G0] • Linear interpolation (3 or 4-axis simultaneously) [G1] • Circular interpolation (any plane) [G2&3] • Helical interpolation (any plane) [G2&3] • Dwell [G4] Programming M-15 Options • Graphical G-code Editing • Engraving • Digitizing: grid and radial, with mult. patches • Probing cycles: boss, bore, web, pocket • Tapping cycles* • Work coordinate systems [G28-30 and G52-59] • Subprograms [M98] and Macros [M65] • Mirror and Scaling [G50&51] • MPG handwheel • Mastercam level 2* • PC Keyboard Tray • Ball screw compensation ® • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Conversational Mastercam Version 3.21 Level 1* EIA FANUC™ style G-codes 3D toolpath graphics (G-code backplot) Program number = DOS legal file name Sequence number N with 9 digits Absolute / Incremental programming [G90&91] Inch /metric conversion [G20&21] Circular interpolation planes [G17-19] Coordinate system setting [G92] Specifying the radius of an arc (R value) Data setting [G10] Canned drilling cycles [G73,80,81,82,83,85,89] Work coordinate system options: [G28] Reference Point Return [G29] Return from Reference Point [G30] 2nd Reference Point Return [G52] Local Coordinate System [G53] Machine Coordinate System ® Full M-Function Control M-functions are programmable for special considerations. The following is a list of the predefined M-codes supplied with the M-15 control. M00 Stop M102 Program restart M01 Optional stop M103 Start timer M02 Home, restart M104 Cancel timer M25 Z to home M108 Enable feed & spindle override M26 Set home M109 Disable feed & spindle override M93 Release power Tool Functions, Tool Compensation • • • • • • Tool function T0 - T200 Tool offset 200 pairs ± 6 digits Tool length compensation [G43&44] Tool length compensation cancel [G49] Tool radius compensation [G41&42] Tool radius compensation cancel [G40] Part Program Storage and Editing • • • • • Program storage = available hard drive space Full screen unlimited file size text editor Read / write to floppy disk Built-in hard drive Save programs off-line via comport / RS232 or LAN connection Feed Function • • • • Rapid traverse Rapid traverse override (variable via feedrate pot) Rapid traverse automatic accel / decel Feedrate override 2% to 200% variable Display • • • • • • • • • VGA LCD Display Current position display (DRO) Status display Program display Run time & parts counter Directory load function Self diagnostics Real time alarm message display English language (Spanish optional) Data Input/Output and Communications • 1.44 MB floppy disk drive, DOS-compatible • RS-232 • PC LAN compatible Utilities • • • • • Format floppy command Backup data & system files (menu driven) Restore data & system files (menu driven) PLC and system diagnostics Import/export program Physical Characteristics • 9” x 17” x 13” Control Console • Electrical enclosure weight: 50 lbs. • Console weight: 29 lbs. Graphical G-code Editing • • • • • • • • • • • • • Full 3D graphics (isometric and tri-planar) Pocket cycles (circular and rectangular) Frame mill cycle (circular and rectangular) Ramped plunges on canned cycles Position, line, arc events Automatic corner radius Subroutines for copy, repeat, rotate, mirror; with nesting Drilling cycles Tapping cycles Bolt hole circles Boring cycles Automatic angle calculator Graphical Math Help for solving angles, intersections, tangents; with paste to event • Linear and polar values on same event • Run time estimate CENTROID ™ ® 159 Gates Rd. Howard, PA 16841 (814) 353-9256 Sales (814) 353-9265 Fax www.centroidcnc.com Distributor: Specifications subject to change without notice. *Limited time offer. Required Color Display ©May 10, 2000 Centroid Corp.
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