ACU-RITE MILLPWR 2 Axes - Manual (Page 19)

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MILLPWR ®
Operation Manual 2-2
You must find home before you run a program. To find home immediately after startup,
press the
FIND HOME softkey. Otherwise, press the DATUM softkey, then the FIND HOME
softkey. The table will automatically move a few inches along the X- and Y-axes to find
home.
If you don't find home before moving the table, you will risk exceeding the table's
travel limits and damaging the milling machine,
MILLPWR or both.
Datum is a
term used to
describe "work-
piece zero" or
"absolute zero."
After you power
up and find
home, you
can quickly
move to datum
by pressing the
POS key, fol-
lowed by the
GO key.
With Position-Trac, there is no need to leave the system powered up
when it is not being used. You will be able to easily, quickly and accu-
rately reestablish workpiece zero immediately after you restart
MILLPWR .
After home has been found, the tool’s position (relative to your most
recent datum) will be displayed.
When finding home, MILLPWR will use ACU-RITE’s advanced
Position-Trac ™ technology. Position-Trac works by using a very precise
distance-encrypted reference mark line pattern that's been placed onto
each ACU-RITE precision glass scale included with the
MILLPWR
system. Proprietary software decodes the line pattern which then allows
you to accurately find home and reestablish workpiece zero from any
position.
Finding Home