ACU-RITE MILLPWR 3 Axes - Manual (Page 187)

SETUP
MILLPWR ®
Operation Manual
Using the Tool Library
Whenever you program a tool step, you will see a TOOL LIBRARY softkey. Press the TOOL LIBRARY
softkey and highlight the tool you wish to use. Press ENTER , then USE , and the tool step is pro-
grammed. It is important to understand that the tool information that is retrieved from the library
remains in the program.
If you change a tool in the tool library, the tool information in all of your programs will not
change.
Your programs will continue to prompt for the tools you originally programmed. If you wish to
update a tool step in a program, highlight the tool step you wish to change, press
ENTER , press the
TOOL LIBRARY softkey and highlight the tool you wish to use. Press ENTER , then USE , and the tool
step is updated for the new tool.
Setting Datum
Once you have a library of tools established, you can use any one of the known tools to establish
Datum. To establish Datum with a tool from the tool library.
• From the DRO view, press the TOOL key.
• Press the TOOL LIBRARY softkey.
• Highlight the tool you would like to use from the tool library list and press enter.
• Press the GO key. An Operator intervention message will appear asking you to “use”
the selected tool.
• Place the selected tool in the spindle.
• Press the GO key to confirm that you have installed the tool.
• Follow the instructions for setting datum in your operation manual.
Once Z-axis datum is set with a known tool from the tool library, all of the tools in the tool library
can be used without the need to reset datum.
It is extremely important to set Z-axis datum on a solid surface with a tool from the library
after running a tool step with this tool, or by using the identical method used when setting
your first tool, before you input additional tools to the library. If this is not done, your tool
length cannot be determined correctly.
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