Operating Manual. Laser. Turn-key Solution

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1 Operating Manual Laser Turn-key Solution

2 Power Automation GmbH CNC-Automatisierungstechnik Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 17/ Pleidelsheim Germany Telephone: Fax: Internet: Original document HMI-Documentation Version Power Automation GmbH

3 Table of contents Table of contents 1 General information Information on this manual Explanation of symbols Limitation of liability Copyright Warranty terms Customer service Glossary Main screen Main control bar Status bar Menu bar Error window Path graphics Machine control Machine control - left side Machine control - right side Job control Job control cycle off left side Job control cycle off right side Job control cycle on - left side Job control cycle on - right side JobControl Cycle Stop - left side JobControl Cycle Stop - right side File transfer Periphery - left side Technology database Machine setup General Options Basic Settings Service and return process Service Service addresses

4 Table of contents 10.2 Spare parts Return policy and procedure Training Proof of change Index

5 General information Content 1 General information 1.1 Information on this manual This operating manual deals with the operation of the CNC controller PA8000 with the technology package for laserjet cutting machines. Warnings L DANGER L WARNING L CAUTION NOTICE 1.2 Explanation of symbols Warnings are identified by pictures. These warnings are introduced by signal words, which express the severity of a danger. Pay attention to these warnings and act cautiously in order to avoid accidents, personal injuries and damage to property. indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if unavoidable, will result in death or serious injury. indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if unavoidable, could result in death or serious injury. indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if unavoidable, may result in minor or moderate injury. indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if unavoidable, may result in property damage. emphasizes useful hints and recommendations as well as information for efficient and trouble-free operation. Special Safety Notes The following symbols are used in connection with the safety notes to highlight particular dangers: L DANGER highlights hazards caused by electric current. There is a danger of serious injury or death if the safety notes are not complied with. Additional symbols and highlighting The following symbols and highlights are used to distinguish instructions, descriptions of results, cross-references and other elements inside this manual... Highlights a step as part of a procedure of instructions. ð.. Highlights a state or an automatic process as a result of an instruction... Highlights single or unordered instructions and lists. Ä Additional symbols and highlighting on page 5.. Highlights crossreferences to chapters or sections of this manual

6 General information [Key].. Highlights captions of buttons, fields and other elements of the software's graphical user interface. Menu è Submenu è.. Highlights a path to access a menu or submenu in the software's graphical user interface. Example/Extract.. Highlights verbatim examples and extracts from configuration files. Liability 1.3 Limitation of liability All information and notes in this operating manual were compiled under due consideration of valid standards and regulations, the present status of technology and our years of knowledge and experience. Power Automation can not be held liable for damage resulting from: disregarding this operating manual unintended use employment of untrained personnel unauthorized conversions unauthorized modifications to the software technical modifications use of unapproved spare parts use in conjunction with machines not deemed compatible by Power Automation In case of customized versions the actual scope of delivery can vary from the explanations and representations in this operating manual, because of the utilization of additional options or due to latest technical changes. Apart from this, the obligations agreed upon in the delivery contract, the general terms and conditions, and the delivery conditions of Power Automation and the legal regulations valid at the time of contract do apply. We reserve the right to make technical modifications in order to improve usability. Copyright 1.4 Copyright This installation manual is protected by copyright law. Passing this installation manual on to third parties, duplication of any kind even in form of excerpts as well as the use and/or disclosure of the contents without the written consent of Power Automation is not permitted. Violations oblige to compensation. The right for further claims remains reserved

7 General information Material Warranty 1.5 Warranty terms The material warranty terms are provided in Power Automation's terms and conditions as well as inside the sales documents. Service 1.6 Customer service Our Customer Service is always available for technical information. For information on whom to contact by phone, fax, or via the internet, see Power Automation's address on page 2. Additionally, Power Automation staff is always interested in receiving new information and experiences resulting from the use of our products, which could be of great value for future improvements

8 General information 1.7 Glossary CNC C2C HMI HSU Kerf MTBP MDI - Computerized Numerical Control - Contour to contour - Human Machine Interface The graphical user interface provided by the PA software. - Height sensing unit - Radius correction of the tool - Machine Tool Builder's Panel Panel including the basic requirements for a machine tool operator: emergency stop push button, cycle start and stop push buttons, jog plus and minus push buttons, feed rate and spindle speed override pots and a number of auxiliary push buttons. - Manual Data Input NC-Start - Numerical Control Start Button NC-Stop - Numerical Control Stop Button PA PAMIO PC PCI RMS - Power Automation - Power Automation Modular Input Output Extendable Superbus based interface allowing connection of additional I/O modules. - Personal Computer - Peripheral Component Interconnect Personal computer extension for periphery devices connected to the motherboard. - Rotating Measuring Systems (Encoder)

9 Main screen Components 2 Main screen The main screen can be seen as different components Fixed main controlling bar with the most important functions of the machine (on the left side) (see Ä Chapter 2.1 Main control bar on page 10) Status bar on the top of the screen (see Ä Chapter 2.2 Status bar on page 11) Menu bar on the lower part of the window (see Ä Chapter 2.3 Menu bar on page 13) Error window (see Ä Chapter 2.4 Error window on page 15) Fig. 1: Main screen

10 Main screen 2.1 Main control bar The main control bar is fixed and shown in almost all menus. The most important functions are defined there: Button Restart at cont. Function Activate to select a contour from where the program should be started (see Ä Chapter 3 Path graphics on page 17) Select job Button to open the "Select job" window. In the Select job window it is possible to select a job from hard disk or flash drive (see Ä Select Job on page 39). Select sheet This button is to select the sheet from the database (see Ä Select Sheet on page 29). Test-run Button to de-/activate the testrun mode. In test-run mode the machine moves without cutting to test the program (see Ä Test-run on page 27). Feed Override The feed override is given in % from With plus and minus of the feed override, the value can be changed in steps of 0.1, 1 or 10. The step size can be changed by pushing the bar between the plus and minus button

11 Main screen Status Bar 2.2 Status bar The status bar (Fig. 2) is always visible. On the left side of the status bar there are up to 8 status displays. Table 1: First Line from left to right side Function Description Testrun Testrun on (green) Testrun off (red) Startposition type Act Pos (actual position) Man Pos (manual position) Last Pos (last postion) Laser Laser on (green) Laser off (red) Table 2: Second line from left to right side Function Description HSU status HSU on, Set Pos (manual set Z-position) HSU off, Set Pos (manual set Z-position) Angle settings No angle (no angle of the sheet) Man Angle (manual defined Angle) Auto plate (automatic detection of sheet angle) Start Cont Restart at contour active (green) Restart at contour inactive (red) Gas option Shows selected gas type: N2,O2,N2 HP or Air. It shows Status on (green) Shows selected gas type: N2,O2,N2 HP or Air. It shows Status off (red) Besides the status displays there is an error display which shows the last error message (if an error is active). The next display shows the path and program name of the selected program. On the right side there is a display to show the selected sheet, the time of the currently running program, the CNC status and the actual system time follow. With the button on the right side the CNC software can be shut down

12 Main screen Fig. 2: Status bar

13 Main screen Menu Bar 2.3 Menu bar The Menu bar consists of the buttons to navigate between the menus. If no menu is selected the whole screen is used for the path graphics to show the drawings (see Ä Chapter 3 Path graphics on page 17). The buttons to navigate: Button Function Show error To show/hide the error window (see Ä Chapter 2.4 Error window on page 15) Reset Reset all functions, programs and errors Machine Control Show/hide the machine control windows with the functions to control the machine (e.g. jogging) (see Ä Chapter 4 Machine control on page 21) Job control Show/hide the job control windows with different functions to set up the job (see Ä Chapter 5 Job control on page 27) Periphery Show/hide the periphery functions (see Ä Chapter 7 Periphery - left side on page 49). Sheet Database Show/hide the basic navigation, piercing values, cutting values and C2C values (contour to contour) (see Ä Chapter 8 Technology database on page 51)

14 Main screen Button File Transfer Window Function Show/hide the file transfer file window for file operations (delete/copy) (see Ä Chapter 6 File transfer on page 47) Machine Setup Show/Hide the password saved machine setup to activate different options (see Ä Chapter 9 Machine setup on page 61) Start/Stop button Dependent on the job status (started or stopped) this button shows the start/stop symbol to start/stop the program)

15 Main screen Error Window 2.4 Error window With the button "Show error" you can show/hide the error window manually (Fig. 3). Fig. 3: Error Window

16 Main screen But if an error appears, the window will be opened automatically to show the error message. Because of the small window the text of the error message is not always shown completely. In this case you can select the error message and show the complete description by pressing the button with the question mark (Fig. 4). To delete and reset error message of errors which are not active anymore the button with the red cross is used. Fig. 4: Detailed description of the error

17 Path graphics Path graphics window 3 Path graphics The middle of the screen is covered with the path graphics window (Fig. 5). Depending on the opened menus the path graphics covers a big or small area or is hidden completely. The path graphic window shows the preview of the selected program. During the cutting process the actual cut line is shown additionally. Fig. 5: Path graphics window

18 Path graphics To navigate there are different buttons on the screen (Fig. 5): Table 3: Assignment Of Keys Inside The Path Graphics Window Key Zoom + Zoom - Fit in SW limits Fit in Follow path Clear Screen Show Axis Pos DB Values NC Info Show NC Code Function Zoom into the drawing Zoom out of the drawing The zoom and position are automatically adjusted to see the whole area of the software limits The zoom and position are automatically adjusted to see the whole drawing in the screen The position of the window will automatically follow the cursor so that the actual position is always shown The display of the current cut path (red line) will be deleted Clear cut path (red line) Show the positions of all NC axes Show the main parameters of the actual selected sheet in the database Show the program path and name of the selected program Show the actual and the next two blocks of the currenty running program

19 Path graphics Restart At Contour There are different possibilities to select the part or contour on which the program should be restarted. You can find the description of these possibilities in Ä Table on page 20. The selected part is shown in green colors (Fig. 6). If you want to start the program at this outline you just have to press the "Start" button. If you don t want to use the restart function you have to deactivate it with the Restart at cont. button. Fig. 6: Optional assignment of keys (Restart at a certain contour)

20 Path graphics If the option for restarting at a certain contour is selected (button Restart at cont. the following buttons will be available too ( Ä Table on page 20): Key Contour/Part Select next Select previous Select by touch Function Button to switch between contour/part. This button should show which outline you want to select Selects the next contour or part (depending on Contour/Part button) Selects the previous contour or part (depending on Contour/Part button) With this option you can select any contour or part (depending on Contour/Part button) on the screen by clicking once

21 Machine control Machine Control Window 4 Machine control The machine control window is used for controlling the machine. There are defined different move options, jog button, feed override settings. The machine control is divided into two windows which are positioned on the left and right side of the screen

22 Machine control Manual Jog Options 4.1 Machine control - left side Here all jog options are defined (Fig. 7). One joystick for moving the X and Y axis into + or direction. Also an extra panel to move the Z-axis up and down. In case of more than one Z-axis or other additional axes you can switch between all extra axes by pressing the letter of the axis. With this you can switch through all additional axes and jog them in +/- with the up/down arrows. The increment panel with the button Incr. step is to activate the incremental move mode of the CNC. Then you can define a step size, which is used when you press any jog +/- button. With activated incremental jog the axes will always move the defined step size. Fig. 7: Machine Control - left side

23 Machine control Machine Movements 4.2 Machine control - right side Button Start Pos Service Pos Shutdown Pos Load Pos Calibration Laser one shot Plate Detection Defined Pos Focus finding Edge cut Pierce cut Clean nozzle Function A dialog box will open to confirm the machine movement. After confirmation the machine will move to the start position which is defined in the cycle parameters. A dialog box will open to confirm the machine movement. After confirmation the machine will move to the service position which is defined in the cycle parameters. A dialog box will open to confirm the machine movement. After confirmation the machine will move to the shutdown position which is defined in the cycle parameters. A dialog box will open to confirm the machine movement. After confirmation the machine will move to the load position which is defined in the cycle parameters. Calibrates the height control. Does a short laser shot for setting up the laser/nozzle. Uses the height sensor to measure the size and/or the angle of the plate. A dialog box will open to define a position for each axis. After pressing start the machine will move to the given position. Program, which do different cuts to find the correct focus position. A program with different options to cut off a part of the sheet. Begins at actual or defined position and ends at the end of the plate or with a defined position. The height control is not active during the cut. Same as edge cut only with active height control. Program to move to a defined position where the nozzle is cleaned

24 Machine control Button Lubrication Program Feed override Function Activates one lubrication cycle to lubricate the axes. For the feed override you have plus and minus buttons to change immediately in steps of 1, 5 or 10%. Additionally there are three buttons to change the feed override with one click to 25, 75 or 100%. You also have one button to change with one click to 0% and if you press again to go back to the previous value (you can see instead of 0 the previous value on this button). In the middle of the feed override you can find the set and actual speed of the movement. Fig. 8: Machine control - right side

25 Machine control Fig. 9: Feed override

26 Machine control

27 Job control Job Control 5 Job control The job control window has two different views. The view and functionality is dependent on the actual CNC status. If the program is active you can see functions which are made to affect the machine during the cutting process. If no program is active all functions are displayed which are used for setting up parameters before the start of a program. Test-run 5.1 Job control cycle off left side Fig. 10: Test-run Function Test-run (Fig. 10) Description With Test-run the test-run mode can be activated. In testrun the program will be run normally but without any cutting. If you activate this mode the distance control will be deactivated automatically. By deactivating the test-run mode the distance control type is set to the old value before the test-run mode. In some cases it is necessary to use the distance control in testrun mode, and then you can just activate the distance control again in the distance control settings. To use a different speed in testrun mode you can define a testrun speed with Set test-run speed

28 Job control Laser On/Off Fig. 11: Laser on/off Function Laser on/off (Fig. 11) Laser Reset Laser Assign Description With Laser the laser mode can be activated and deactivated. You can reset the laser with "Laser Reset". With "Laser Assign" the laser will be addressed

29 Job control Select Sheet Fig. 12: Select Sheet In this window (Fig. 12) the suitable entry from the database is selected. Each entry has included 5 cutting and 5 piercing tables. The entry is specified by material, thickness and number. These values are used to select a unique sheet from the database. The technology parameters from this entry are used for the actual cut. On the downside of the window the cutting and piercing tables can be selected. If you select a table here, the selection from the NC-Program (CAD/ CAM) is overwritten. Only the table marking cannot be overwritten if it is selected from the NC-Program (CAD/CAM). If Default is selected, the piercing/cutting table selection is done from the NC-Program (CAD/CAM). Table 4: Additionaly there are two buttons with the following meanings: Function No pierce Pierce = Cut Description No piercing is used, the CNC will start immediately with cutting. For piercing the same values are used as for cutting

30 Job control Height Options Fig. 13: Height Options

31 Job control Options HSU on HSU off Set Pos The HSU is switched on. The Z height will be regulated to the height which is defined. The HSU is switched off. The Z- axis will stay at the start position. You can put in an absolute position which is used by the Z-axis for cutting height. Fig. 14: SetPos option

32 Job control Sheet Angle Menu This panel is used to define the options to set or detect the angle of the sheet. Fig. 15: Sheet angle option Options Use angle Set angle manually Plate detection Activate plate detection Plate detection option Use the actual angle. This angle is shown in the right corner. Set angle by defining the positions or direct input. There are three possible options: Move to positions (see Ä Move To Positions on page 33) Manual input (see Ä Manual Input on page 34) Set positions (see Ä Set Positions on page 35) Starts the plate detection manually. If activated, th plate dectection will start automatically. Sets options for the plate detection. See Ä Plate Detection Options on page

33 Job control Move To Positions Fig. 16: Move to positions Set sheet angle selection Axis selection Set P1 / Set P2 Laser guide With the option "Move to positions" you have to move to two points on one sheet side. With Axis selection you can define if you weather want use the X-axis side or Y-axis side. If you move to the position, you can adopt the position values for this point by pressing Set P1 or Set P2. With the button "Laser guide" the laser pointer will be activated

34 Job control Manual Input Fig. 17: Manual input Set sheet angle selection If you select Manual input you can put in directly an angle in degrees

35 Job control Set Positions Fig. 18: Set positions Set sheet angle selection Axis selection Calculate The Set positions option has the same functionality as the Move to positions option, but the X- and Y-coordinates of the points have to be defined manually by the input fields. With Axis selection you can define if you weather want use the X-axis side or Y-axis side. To calculate the angle you have to press the "Calculate" button. The calculation is only done if there are reasonable values

36 Job control Plate Detection Options Fig. 19: Plate detection options Sheet size detection Size of the plate will be determined. Sets the size of the sheet to get a faster and more precized angle detection

37 Job control Start Position Type 5.2 Job control cycle off right side Fig. 20: Start position type Function Start position type External Guide (optional) Act Pos (optional) Last Pos (optional) Description The start position can be defined in different ways: Actual Machpos. = actual machine position is used as start position Last Startpos. = Startposition of the last active program is used for start Manual input = Startposition is defined with absolute positions for X-and Y-axis External guide = External Guide Offset is used to set the start position (optional) Switch on/off the external guide Set directly ActPos as StartPos option Set directly Lastpos as StartPos option

38 Job control Job selection Fig. 21: Job selection Function Description Select Job see Ä Select Job on page 39. Single Step Program will be run in single step mode, means NC program will be processed block by block through pressing the start button. This function can be hidden in the Machine setup and is only for testing and analyzing. Feed Override see Ä Table on page

39 Job control Select Job Fig. 22: Select Job Function Select Job (Fig. 22) Description Popup to select a job from hard disk or flash drive. The disk/folder can be selected by scrolling up and down. If you put in letters in the edit field, the list will be filtered to this input. To open a folder you have to scroll it into the green area and keep it pressed down. Now the folder will be opened and you can see the subfolder/file in it. Then you can select a program by scrolling

40 Job control 5.3 Job control cycle on - left side During the running of the program (Cycle on), the Job Control windows show different options, which are allowed to change during the job. All other options are hidden. The functionality is explained in Ä Chapter 5 Job control on page 27. Fig. 23: Left side of the screen (Cycle on) Function Description No pierce / Pierce = Cut see Ä Select Sheet on page 29 Test-run see Ä Test-run on page 27 Display of the loaded sheet Sheet angle see Ä Sheet Angle Menu on page

41 Job control 5.4 Job control cycle on - right side Fig. 24: Right side of the screen (Cycle on) Function Set Start- Pos.Type Description see Ä Start Position Type on page 37 Single Step see Ä Job selection on page 38 Feed Override see Ä Table on page

42 Job control 5.5 JobControl Cycle Stop - left side During the running of the program, the user can press the stop button to stop the program. That means the program is still active and can be continued. In that case, the Job Control window shows different options which are allowed during the stop handling. These functions are explained in Ä Chapter 5 Job control on page 27. Additionally there are some special stop handling functions which allow the user to move with the machine. Fig. 25: Cycle stop - left side

43 Job control Function Description Select Sheet see Ä Select Sheet on page 29 Height options see Ä Height Options on page 30 Use angle see Ä Options on page 32 Move backw. Move axis Manual Job options If this button is activated and the user presses the start button, the program will start and moves backwards (without beam) until the user presses stop again. If there is no stop signal from user, the machine will stop at the maximum possible backward blocks. After that the user has to press stop. With this option the user is allowed to move all axes of the machine (e.g. for service issues) with the jog buttons. After pressing the start button, the machine axes will retreat to the last position in the program and continue with the program. see Ä Manual Jog Options on page

44 Job control 5.6 JobControl Cycle Stop - right side During the running of the program, the user can press the stop button to stop the program. That means the program is still active and can be continued. In that case, the Job Control window shows different options which are allowed during the stop handling. These functions are explained in Ä Chapter 5 Job control on page 27. Additionally there are some special stop handling functions which allow the user to move with the machine. Fig. 26: Cycle Stop - right side

45 Job control Function Set Start- Pos.Type Description see Ä Start Position Type on page 37 Single Step see Ä Job selection on page 38 Feed Override see Ä Table on page

46 Job control

47 File transfer File Transfer 6 File transfer This window (Fig. 27) is used to copy or delete files on the hard disk, flash drive or other devices. In the upper window you can scroll through the devices and select one. There are also some shortcuts which are predefined. In the lower window you can select the folder and files which should be deleted or copied. To select a folder/file you have to scroll through the list and click on the marked folder/file (shown in the green line). If you press long then the folder is opened. To copy files you can use the arrows in the middle of the screen. Fig. 27: File Transfer Button DEL Function Delete the selected files inside a directory Select all Select all files of a directory

48 File transfer Button Deselect all Function Deselect all files of a directory Copy Copy the selected files

49 Periphery - left side 7 Periphery - left side Fig. 28: Periphery

50 Periphery - left side Function Display cutting values Clamp panel (optional) Cooling panel (optional) Focal/Spotsize Panel Display HSU depending values Laser panel Gas panel Description Display of actual cutting values (Power, pressure and HSU feedback). If available, the panel shows up to 4 clamp buttons to open/close the clamps. If available, the panel shows up to 4 cooling buttons to activate the cooling of the machine. Move Focal up/down or on reference position. Spotsize +/- Display focal positon, focal value, collimation position and collimation value of the HSU. Buttons to activate the laser one shot or calibration program. Testpanel for the gas. In the gas option the user can chose the gas type and define a pressure and duration time for the gas test. With Start gas test the gas will be opened with the values defined in the options. If the duration (gas time) is zero, the gas will stay open until the Start gas test button is pressed again

51 Technology database General Information 8 Technology database The database consists of several tables. Six tables for cutting and six tables for piercing. Additionally there is one table for the c2c movement. Before or at the beginning of the program, one entry (material, thickness or number) is selected and the single cutting/piercing tables can be switched during the program. This is done by the CadCam system with a special M-Code. The piercing/cutting tables have 4 tables for different cutting values and two tables are reserved for special cut values for small holes and for marking. The primary keys of the database structure are material, thickness and number. With these values, specific entries of the database can be filtered. Basic Navigation Fig. 29: Basic Navigation Function Material, Thickness and Number Table Sheet descr. Change view Description Filter to select a single entry in the database. Filter to show only specific tables of the selected entry. With the button Change view it is possible to choose between two database views: Shows all cut/pierce tables at once to compare values between the tables (Fig. 30). To see all values, the user has to scroll down the list. Shows only one cut or pierce table on one page (Fig. 31). This view is more clearly arranged but it is more complicated to compare values with other tables. Each database entry has one field for some comments. This input has no functionality. See table

52 Technology database Function Description New Opens a dialog to create a new sheet (Fig. 32). There the user can create a new sheet for the same material and thickness or if he activates the Change button, he can create a sheet with different material and thickness. The number is enumerated automatically. Delete Save Esc ABC As additional option the new sheet can be created without any values (button clear all params ) or with the values of the actual selected sheet. Deletes the actual selected sheet. For safety, there is a popup dialog where the user have to confirm the action. If the user wants to change a value of the selected sheet, he has to click into this field and change the value with the keyboard (software or hardware). After that he has to press the "Save" button to change the saved data into the database. Escapes the selected field and throw away the change. Changes the keyboard functionality between numbers, small letters and big letters. Fig. 30: All cut / pierce tables are displayed

53 Technology database Fig. 31: One cut / pierce table is displayed Fig. 32: Create a new sheet

54 Technology database Function Material Thickness Nr. Description Select new material type. Thickness of the sheet. Number of the sheet (is counted up automatically). Change Changing of material and thickness allowed = Permitt to create new sheets. Otherwise only copying is allowed. Clear all params All parameter are 0. Otherwise the parameters of the last selected sheet are copied into the new one

55 Technology database Pierce Values Value Program-No. (optional) Duration [ms] Press [bar] Gas type Gastime [ms] Cleantime [ms] Z Startpos Height [mm] HSU freeze/ Tiptouch Tiptouchtime Description If the laser has internal programs for piercing, this field is for setting the program number, which should be used for the piercing. If the program number is zero, no program will be used, means all laser values have to be defined in the database. Piercing time if no program is used. Gives the piercing gas pressure in bar. If there is a ramp defined, this value is used when ramp time is finished. Selection of the gas type according to disposability (O 2, N 2, Air, Hp). Delay time to stabilize the gas pressure. After that time the pressure check starts. In case of a gas type change, this is the time which is needed to blow the old gas out of the pipe. Means piercing start is delayed with that time. Z-start position before piercing (at the beginning of the job). Piercing height in mm. If there is a ramp defined, this value is used when the ramp time is finished. HSU is only used for moving to the correct height. There is no controlling during the piercing. Delay time to move to the piercing height. Piercing is delayed with this time. TiptouchCheck On = immediately on Never = no tiptouch check Beam on = check starts with beam on Beam with delay = check starts after beam on and delay time defined in tiptoucheckdelay Tiptouchcheckdelay Focal [mm] Collimation/Spot size Power [watt] Time to delay the tiptouchcheck. Focal position in mm. Spot size in mm. Laser power in watt. If there is a ramp defined, this value is used when ramp time is finished

56 Technology database Value Description Lasermode Fixed frequency = frequency of the PWM signal is fixed and dependent of duty cycle, the on and off time of the signal is changing. Fixed on-time = on time of the PWM signal is fixed and dependent of duty cycle, the off time and therefore the frequency is changing. Frequency Duty [%] Frequency of the PWM signal. Duty Cycle for the PWM signal. Ramp Off = no ramp On = with linear ramp Stepramp = ramp in steps No pierce = no piercing is used Ramp time (only if ramp is active) Start Power/End Power [Watt] Start Duty/End Duty [%] Start Frequency/End Frequency [Hz] Start press/end press [bar] Start height/end height [mm] Start/End FocalPos Lense [mm] Nozzle [mm] Time to increase values between start and end values. Defines the start and end power of the ramp. Defines the start and end duty cycle of the ramp. Defines the start and end frequency of the ramp. Defines the start and end gas pressure of the ramp. Defines the start and end height of the ramp. Defines the start and end focal position of the ramp. Size of the lense in mm - no functionality only for information. Size of the nozzle in mm - no functionality only for information. Cutting Values Value Power [watt] Leadin power [watt] Description Laser power in watt for the defined feed. Laser leadin power in watt for the defined feed. MinPower [watt] Minimum Laser power in watt for feed =

57 Technology database Value Lasermode (optional - only for lasers with PWM signal) Frequency (optional - only for lasers with PWM signal) Duty [%] Feed [mm/min] Leadin Feed [mm/min] Acceleration [%] Lead in Acc [%] Height [mm] In Kerf [mm] Out Kerf [mm] Gas type Press [bar] Delaytime [ms] Cleantime [ms] Focal [mm] HSU freeze/ Tiptouch Tiptouchtime Description Fixed on-time = on time of the PWM signal is fixed and the off time is varied to get the correct duty cycle. In this mode the frequency changes with the duty cycle. Fixed frequency = frequency of the PWM signal is fixed and the on and off time of the signal is varied to get the correct duty cycle. Frequency of the PWM signal. Duty Cycle for the PWM signal. Cutting speed in mm/min. Cutting speed for the leadin in mm/min. Acceleration during cutting process (beam on). Acceleration during cutting process for Leadin (beam on). Cutting height in mm. Kerf correction for inside contours. Kerf correction for outside contours. Selection of the gas type according to disposability (O 2, N 2, Air, Hp). Gives the cutting gas pressure in bar. Gives the delay time. In case of a gas type change, this is the time which is needed to blow the old gas out of the pipe. Focal position in mm. HSU is only used for moving to the correct height. There is no controlling during the piercing. Delay time to move to the piercing height. Piercing is delayed with this time

58 Technology database Value Description TiptouchCheck On = immediately on Never = no tiptouch check Beam on = check starts with beam on Beam with delay = check starts after beam on and delay time defined in tiptouchcheckdelay Tiptouchcheckdelay Time to delay the tiptouchcheck. Stopctrl None, HSU off lead out = switch HSU off during lead out. tiptouch off lo = switch tiptouch off during leadout. HSU + tt off lo = switch HSU and tiptouch off during leadout. Delay time StpCtrl Collimation/Spot size Start/End FocalPos Lense [mm] Nozzle [mm] Time to delay the handling set in StopCtrl. Spot size in mm. Defines the start and end focal position of the ramp. Size of the lense in mm - no functionality only for information. Size of the nozzle in mm - no functionality only for information

59 Technology database C2C Values (Contour To Contour) Value MoveType MinDist retract [mm] MinDist Large up [mm] Small retract [mm] Large retract [mm] Head at end [mm] Head up after [mm] Feed [mm/min] Description Different move type options to define the C2C movement: No head up = head stays at last Z-position. Rectangular = Rectangular movement (order: Zup, X/Y, Z down). Ramp = Ramping Z-axis up during X/Y movement. Trapeze = Trapeze movement (order: X/Y and Z up, X/Y, X/Y Z down). FrogJump = parabolic movement between contours. G0 in NC prog = only for old prgs with G0 movement between the contours. Safety up = same movement as rectangular, but values from machine setup are taken (independent from selected sheet). Minimum retract distance to do any head (Z) movement. Distance to switch between small and large retract (Rectangular). Small retract distance to do Z up movement (rectangular). Large retract distance to do Z up movement (rectangular). Retract distance to move Z up (ramp, Trapeze). X/Y Distance after Z retract distance (Head at end) should be reached (ramp, trapeze). Feed to move between contours. Gas option Close = always close gas during C2C movement. Open = gas stays always open between C2C movement. Threshold = gas stays open if the C2C distance is smaller than Dist gas close. Dist gas close [mm] Cleantime [ms] Distance for closing the gas (if gas option threshold is selected). Delaytime to switch off gas after laser off

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61 Machine setup Password 9 Machine setup The machine setup is password protected. There are three protection levels with different access rights. The passwords are free definable. If you open the Machine setup page and there is no user logged in, a popup window will automatically be opened where you have to put in a password. According to the password level, the options for this kind of level will be shown. If the password is wrong, the access will be denied. For retry you have to change the view in the menu line (e.g. to machine control) and go back to machine setup. If a user is logged in, it will stay logged in until the button log out is pressed. You find this button on the right downside corner of the machine setup. Fig. 33: Password Setup The Setup screen is divided into 3 parts. After log in you will see the general options (see Ä Chapter 9.1 General Options on page 63) which are frequently used by the machine user.these options are special and should be protected. There are two buttons which are used to come to the 2 other sections of the machine setup. With the basic settings button a popup will be opened, where you can find options which can be changed from time to time during the use of the machine (see Ä Chapter 9.2 Basic Settings on page 67)

62 Machine setup The "Basic Setup" button will open a window with settings which are normally set up once at the installing of the machine and are almost never changed. There are several timers to count the system and user times which can be defined individual (see Fig. 34). Fig. 34: Setup

63 Machine setup General Service 9.1 General Options Function Display single step Handrelease IOService HMI FileNameFilter Description Show/hide the Single step button on the Job control window. The single step button is only for test purposes, if you have to go through a NC program step by step. Handrelease button is only visible for machines with reference axes. Therefore it could be necessary to release the axes before the reference cycle to move them manually. not used yet. With this button you can open the standard CNC HMI to get access to the machine parameters or check other things. This button opens a popup where you can set a filter, to filter NC Programs in the Select Job popup. Fig. 35: General Service

64 Machine setup Divers Options Function Auto stop after contour Auto stop after part FBurn=Cut4 Description If active, the NC program will be stopped after the next contour. If active, the NC program will be stopped after the next part. 4th cut table is used as film burning table. Fig. 36: Diverse options

65 Machine setup Timers There are several timers to count the system and user times which can be defined individual (Fig. 37). Fig. 37: Timers After you activate the "Timers Setup" button another window will open to set the timers (Fig. 38): Timer can be shown or hidden Possible timer formats: ms, hh:mm:ss, dd:hh:mm, dddd:hh:mm:ss, hh:mm, dddd:hh:mm:ss:ms, dddd:hh:mm, ss:ms d = days, h = hours, m = minutes, s = seconds, ms = milliseconds Timer resettable = Timer can be resetted by button on HMI (Reset Timer) Timer as fixed counter = Timer counts down from a fixed starting time Timer as flexible counter = Timer counts down from a starting time which can be defined on HMI

66 Machine setup Fig. 38: Set timers

67 Machine setup Visual Settings 9.2 Basic Settings Function Safe start option Safe HSU Option Disable Start Panel Disable joystick Show file transfer Description Safe start position option and remember after CNC shut down. Safe HSU option and remember after CNC shut down. Hide the panel with Start/Stop buttons on the screen. Hide the SW Joystick on the screen. Show/Hide the File transfer button in the main menu. Fig. 39: Visual settings

68 Machine setup Diverse Settings Function Pipe mode Start alw last cont Nc prog time reset Backward push button Z feed in Auto Servicepos as Offset Fixed Calpos Description If you have a machine with setup pipe option, you can activate the pipe cut mode here. Start always at last contour if the program was canceled. If deactivated, the program timer will continue counting if you start a new NC program. If activated, the time will be reset and you only see the time of the last program. The backward button in stop handling is used as push button. That means, the machine will automatically run backwards as long as you press the backward button. If deactivated, you have to activate the backward function and start again manually to move backwards. Allows changing the feed of the Z-axes movement, if you use the Z-axes movement during NC program function. If activated, the servicepos given in the cycle parameters is moved relative to the actual position (used normally at job end to move the head away from the last cut position). Fixed position to do the calibration, otherwise the actual position is used

69 Machine setup Fig. 40: Diverse settings

70 Machine setup Retract Settings Function Use safety retract Large up Small up Dist for switch to large up Description Use safety retract options if no C2C movement type is set in database. Large movement of Z retract. Small movement of Z retract. Below this distance the small retract is used, otherwise the large distance is used. Fig. 41: Retract settings

71 Machine setup External Guide Settings Function Laser guide offset X Laser guide offset Y Description Set the offset in X direction for the external laser pointer. Set the offset in Y direction for the external laser pointer. Fig. 42: External guide settings

72 Machine setup Retry Cycle Function Retry cycles Retry distance Description Number of cycles to retry an automatic start after tip touch error. Distance after the retry counts are reseted. Fig. 43: Retry cycle

73 Machine setup Cut Count Function Activate Cutcnt Cutcnt nozzle/ Cutcnt nozzle +calib No reset cutcnt Cutcntlimit Description Activates the cut count function. Uses only the nozzle clean program or use nozzle clean and calibration. Don t reset cut counter after program end. Number of cut counts after that a nozzle cleaning is done. Fig. 44: Cut count

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75 Service and return process Service At Power Automation 10 Service and return process 10.1 Service By Phone PA's well-educated service staff is available to answer your technical questions. Due to the close co-operation with our customers, our engineers can solve problems often immediately by phone. If on-site support is necessary, our service staff will diagnose the problem and will prepare our field service engineer beforehand. This is to make on-site service as much effective as possible. By Remote Control Software Every PA CNC is equipped with an Ethernet interface. If you have a network on-site, you only have to integrate the CNC system to your network for world-wide-web access. Power Automation provides a remote control software which allows our service staff to log into your CNC. This provides all the information available on the machine. They can check all the data like the PLC program, machine parameters, or the NC programs directly on the real system under real conditions. This is the fastest and most cost-effective way to solve problems. On-Site If necessary our service engineers will visit you to help you solve your problems on-site. Our engineers are trained continuously to be always up to date. Thereby you always can expect the best support. Due to our service centers worldwide, our service staff can be on site normally within 24 hours at the latest

76 Service and return process Service Addresses Service addresses Power Automation GmbH (Headquarters) Gottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 17/2 D Pleidelsheim Tel: Fax: Power Automation America, Inc Jameel Road, Suite 140 Houston, Texas USA Tel: Fax: Power Automation Office Turkey Kustepe Mah. Mecidiyekoy Yolu Cad. Trump Towers No. 12 Kule: 2 K:18 Daire no: Sisli / Istanbul Turkey Tel: Fax: sales.turkey@powerautomation.com Shenzhen Double CNC Tech Co., Ltd 8th Floor,WeiXinDa Building Bao Min Road 2 Xi Xiang Town Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong PR China

77 Service and return process Power Automation France SARL Cité de la Photonique Bâtiment Pléione 11 avenue Canteranne Pessac France Tel: Fax: ACE Automation A-721, Twinrex B/D Deokpungdong-ro , Hanam-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Spare Parts 10.2 Spare parts Due to the high quality of our products we can assure you that you will not need this service often. Spare parts are often urgent so Power Automation provides the relevant spare parts at the local service centers for immediate dispatch. Our 3 service centers in Europe, North America and Asia allow us to deliver all needed parts typically within 24 hours. Only trust PA's original parts - because every part passes our tight quality checks. We also offer consulting services to identify the most critical parts for the machines in your production facilities. We suggest what critical stock may be required to ensure a minimum downtime of your machines. Our specialists look for common parts to keep your inventory levels at a minimum

78 Service and return process Policy 10.3 Return policy and procedure Power Automation will only accept control units and components for replacement or repair, if they have been returned in adherence to the provisions given below. If material warranty is void or if no error is detected, a testing flat rate will be charged. If an error is determined, the testing flat rate will be charged to the repair costs. If material warranty is void you will receive a repair offer. Before the repair starts we need a repair order from you, if the material warranty is extinguished. Acquiring RMA Number 1. Contact Power Automation to receive an RMA form in Excel format. Ä RMA Form on page Open the 'RMA Process' form provided by Power Automation. Use one form for each single part you want to ship back to Power Automation. 3. Fill in the form. The fields marked with a red star (*) are mandatory fields. Only fill in the fields next to the yellow bar on the left side of the form. Do not fill in the fields next to the blue bar on the left side of the form. These fields are for internal notes only and blocked. 4. Send the completed form as an Excel file by to rma@powerautomation.com to your local support (see webpage). ð We will check the data and send the form back to you as a PDF file including an RMA number or tell you what information is missing if necessary. 5. Print the RMA form and add it to the accompanying components and documents. 6. After the check and repair the components will be shipped to you immediately

79 Service and return process RMA Form Fig. 45: RMA Form

80 Service and return process Return 1. Pack the goods properly. Controls must be packed in original or equivalent packaging. If the packaging is not proper, Power Automation will charge a packaging flat rate. NOTICE! Damages due to inadequate packaging Inadequate packaging may result in damages to the control unit. This will void the material warranty. PA does not bear any liabilities for damages in transit. 2. Write the RMA number on the cardboard box clearly readable from outside. The incoming goods department rejects all deliveries without a visible, valid RMA number. 3. Ship the goods FREE DOMICILE / DDU. Other deliveries will be rejected. Conditions Of Supply The goods have to arrive within 4 weeks after the date of the approved RMA form. Training Courses 10.4 Training Having the best CNCs is one thing, to bring out the best of it is the other. The PA training program comprises of a number of individually combinable training modules which offer you a well-founded knowledge for using PA CNCs. At our training centers we bring your employees - beginners and experts- up to scratch in CNC technology. We also offer individual training courses at your site. The contents of the courses will be customized to your requirements. For more information see Ä Chapter Service addresses on page