PRACTICAL TIP – The Handwheel in the Work Plan
March 2021
Thanks to SYMplus™, many things work automatically. The programming of the traverse paths, e.g. in the case of roughing, is normally simply removed from your hands. Sometimes, however, it can happen that the automatic system reacts differently than the expert imagines.
This can happen if, for example, you need to traverse a very special path with a special tool.
For this SYMplus™ offers a very simple solution. And it is called: “Handwheel”.
If you depend on it, you can create this work step in the operation mode ” Work plan” just as uncomplicated as any other work step. Specifically via F1 “Create” and F6 to select the “Handwheel” afterwards.
In the following example, the “handwheel” is used:
The “Demo-K” sample work plan is used as the basis. A description is given of how the last work step “Handwheel” can be created.
Step 1:
As described before, create a new work step with F1 and then select the “Handwheel” with F6.
Step 2:
Next, press F2 “Manual”. This will activate the “Manual Positioning”.
Step 3:
Then manually move to the Z value 1,000.
This works as follows:
3.1 Shift+F6 selects the 3rd decimal place. Press the “+” key on your keyboard to set the value to 0.
3.2 The 2nd decimal place is selected with Shift+F5 and again you have to use the “+” key afterwards.
3.3 The last digit to be selected is the 1st decimal place. To “jump” to this digit, press Shift+F5 again and then use the “+” key to finally set the value to 1,000.
Step 4:
After this setting of the Z-value, accept it with F10 “End input”.
Step 5:
Now we want to move to the tool change point. To do this, select F1 “Position” and change the setpoint to X = 150 and Y = 150.
Step 6:
Switch to rapid traverse with F7 and then confirm the entry with F10.
Step 7:
Press F10 a second time to return to the “Handwheel dialog”. Then press F10 a third time to accept your new “Handwheel” work step.
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PRACTICAL TIP – Compare production strategies effortlessly with each other.
February 2021
Some functions in SYMplus™ are more hidden than others because they are not “clickable” in the user interface. This is also the case with the key combinations Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+W, which you can use in the operating mode.
Through these practical keyboard shortcuts, however, even more is possible. Since the SYMplus™ can remember not only one action but many, this makes it possible, for example, to compare different production strategies in the operating mode.
This is how it works:
Machining takes about 18 minutes in the following example. First, the two pockets were pre-machined with a Ø16 milling cutter
and then the residual material in the corners was milled with a Ø8 milling cutter.
Except, is this 18 minutes a justifiable amount of time or can the process possibly be sped up by using the smaller cutter?
Let’s find out:
To do this, you first have to delete the “Surface T4” step with F3
and then use F6 to have the software calculate that the clearing of the pockets is done completely with the T6 tool. The result: The machining time is now around 33 minutes.
Not a good idea, then. The previous procedure was much faster.
But how do you get back there now?
This is exactly where the Ctrl+Z function comes in:
Press Ctrl+Z 2 times to undo first the calculation and then also the deletion. Now you have restored the original state.
But just as fast you can switch back to the second variant by pressing 2 x Ctrl+W. This is helpful, for example, if you initially only remembered the minutes and not the seconds, and in your everyday life the first variant lasted 18:34 and the second 18:23.
The functions Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+W can also help in other modes. For example, in “Geometry” if you have mirrored or scaled incorrectly and are trying to restore the previous state. Or in the simulators you can quickly remove a M0 (programmed stop) or M1 (conditional stop, switchable during simulation) that was only added for the program check. Or quickly fix an erroneous program change that leads to a crash or other error message.
As you can see, there are many practical applications for the two key combinations. Why don’t you try it out for yourself and see for yourself how efficient it is.
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December 2020
Forget your mouse and work more productively than ever before. The operating concept of SYMplus™ is different to what you are used to from other applications. Why it is different is explained in the following tip:
SYMplus™ can be operated completely via numeric keypad. This not only allows you to control the software more efficiently than with conventional standard controllers, but the operating concept was also derived from the workshop and tested there in reality with the KELLER software CNCplus™.
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It is very simple:
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