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Central Features
THE SERVO CNC SYSTEM
Versatility and Flexibility at your fingertips
With virtually all firms facing the issues of downsizing, tighter budgets, and the need to be more market competitive,there's a strong likelihood you,re looking for ways to boost manufacturing productivity.
The SERVO CNC system is designed so that machinists and operators at all skill levels can become immediately more productive, even those who have no training in CNC or advanced math. By reducing programming time and improving productivity and quality from part to part, you'll be able to produce more parts in minimal time.
What makes the SERVO CNC system unique is its versatility and flexibility. It lets you decide which operating method to use to produce your part. While still offering all the benefits of a manual mill with power feed and DRO operation.
Operating Methods
TEACH MODE lets you "step
on board" without any CNC training or experience.
In about an hour, you can learn to teach the machine
point-to-point and angular moves, as well as make one-of-a-kind
and production run parts. Using the SERVO pendant, simply move
each axis to the desired position to teach the system how to cut
the first part. Press the SET key to store each move and feed
rate. Then, press the PLAY key followed by RUN key to replay the
program. Use of the PC-driven control is not required at this
level. However, as you build a library of pendant programs, you
may want to save them in the system's main computer memory.
This simple, angular-shaped part was taught and stored in the memory of the SERVO pendant The ability to store programs is ideal when production runs are required.
CONVERSATIONAL MODE offers the
simplest way to create 2 to 4 axis CNC parts.
With its powerful canned cycles and graphics
capabilities, Conversational mode provides all the navigation
tools you'll need to easily direct your way through unfamiliar
and often difficult programming operations. The only prerequisite
is an ability to read a part blueprint.
A novice CNC programmer created this part in Conversational mode using blueprint dimensions. Programming and machining took only 30 minutes versus 2 hours manually.
Using the SERVO operator console, you simply follow the prompted instruction messages as you fill in the blanks to questions about your part. On-line, context sensitive help screens are readily available whenever you need a detailed explanation of a function.
A series of events are created to drive the cutting tool in the areas to be machined. An event can perform a simple task such as an XY position change or relatively complex "canned cycles," such as pocket milling or peck drilling a bolt circle.
When your part contains tangent arcs or intersecting lines, "embedded trig help" is a unique and useful feature. Your original input data is saved, ensuring that the geometry needed to build your program never gets "lost" in a separate help function. You can easily retrieve original input data when inevitable engineering or manufacturing changes are needed.
You can select from any of four views that display the tool path graphics before running your part.
CNC MODE is the
programming method of choice for making complex shapes and
sculptured surfaces. 
Programming/machining took only 1 hour in CNC mode, versus 8 hours manually.
Requiring a knowledge of G and M codes, CNC mode is designed so the SERVO CNC controls movements allowing for features such as 2-axis circular interpolation (XY, XZ, YZ), 4-axis continuous linear interpolation, cutter diameter compensation, canned cycles, mirror image, scaling, rotation, and more.
You'll also find quick access to an easy-to-use tool table that lets you enter, edit or check tool information, plus set tool length offsets semi-automatically.
As in Conversational mode, a wealth of information about your part is available before ever machining it. View a model of the entire tool path or portion thereof, then compute the estimated cycle time for running your program.
Last but not least, CNC mode offers the advantage of being CAD/CAM compatible with most commercially available packages, including Servo's own Quick'n'Easy CAM system.
Manual Mill Capability
| Use hand wheels to move X, Y and Z axes; displays each axis | Use hand-held pendant to move each axis under feed rate |
| position on CRT | control, including rapid traverse |
Teach Mode
| Features: | Functions: |
| Teach point-to-point and angular part moves. | Move the table |
| Teach one of a kind and production run parts | Teach a program or subroutine |
| Requires no CNC knowledge | Set or move the program start point (SP) |
| Exceptionally easy to use and learn (takes only about an hour) | Single step through a program or subroutine |
| Does not require operation with PC-based control system | Call a subroutine |
| Pendant memory capacity: | Change the feed rate of a program step |
| Standard | Optional Expanded | Change, add or insert a program step |
| 2-axis=800 steps; | 3,600 steps | Delete a program step from memory |
| 3-axis=600 steps; | 2700 steps | Delete a subroutine call |
| 4-axis=480 steps; | 2160 steps | Delete a program from pendant memory |
| Manual mode for jogging/axis movement | Set and clear axis travel limits |
| -Use axis and direction keys for continuous movement | Drag axis travel limits (e.g., reset limit beyond current position) |
| -Nine jog increments (.0005" to .050") for precise positioning | |
| Hold Key - pause/resume operation and/or movement | Playback a program held in the pendant's memory |
| Stop key - halt operation; reset program | (store up to four programs in pendant memory) |
| M-Code Low-Level I/O interface (controls accessory devices) | Transfer a pendant program to the SERVO CNC for storage |
Conversational Mode
| Requires no CNC knowledge, only ability to read blueprints | Types of Events: |
| Full prompt menus and context sensitive help screens | Start-up |
| Embedded trig help automatically saves original input data | Position** |
| Cartesian/polar data entry | Drill cycles** (drill, spot face, bore and peck drill) |
| Automatic corner radius | Drill patterns** (bolt circles, rectangle fill and rectangle frame) |
| Calculator function | Line** (more than 10 ways to define a line) |
| Edit conversational program (event insert/delete) | Arc** (more than 10 ways to define an arc) |
| Graphic tool path verification (XY, XZ, YZ or isometric view)** | Pocket** (rectangle, circle, polygon) |
| Status window display** | Frame** (rectangle, circle, polygon) |
| Look-ahead cutter diameter compensation** | Face** |
| Absolute/incremental** | Scale** |
| Four-axis linear interpolation** | Mirror** |
| Tool table and tool length offsets** | Rotate** |
| Fixture/axis offsets (XYZC)** | Repeat** |
| Machine configuration table** | Comment** |
| In-position continuous contouring modes** | Tool** |
CNC Mode
| Includes items listed in Conversational Mode marked with | Current activity shows axis position/status;event number, and |
| asterisks (**), plus the following: | modal command status, plus program sequence number) |
| RS-274D compatible G and M code formatting | Part counter and cycle timer |
| 2-axis circular interpolation (XY, XY, YZ plane) | Block delete code (/) |
| Helical interpolation | Backlash compensation |
| Real-time graphics | Axis zero position/set |
| DRO mode display | Emergency stop |
| Program length limited only by size of hard drive | M-Code Low Level I/O interface (controls accessory devices) |
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