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4 Set-up li:structions Program 3564-00U Automatic Step Tool Program ge Waiter Grinders, Inc. Fredericksburg, Virginia ‘Setup Instructions Program 3564-00U ‘» Note: Before attempting to set-up and grind a tool using these instructions, read the accompanying material concerning the programming of straight steps and contours. 1, Position the grinding head 10-15!degrees to the right of center. 2, Mount @ sharp 11V9 cup wheel (facing front) on a short wheel adaptor as shown in Figure 3564-1, and attach this assembly to the grinding spindie. Fig. 3564-1 3. Collet the too! in the workhead and look for the first step, at the back of the tool, Use the center height gage to position the outside corner of the first step at tool center height. ground without any interference, Move the axes to check this, as needed. 5. Set absolute zero for A-axis only. 6. Moving Y-axis and using the center height gage, position the centerline of the wheel at workhead center height. This is done as follows: Move Y-axis down until the bottom of the whee! gently rubs on the center height gage. Set rote zero for Y-axis. Meaaare the whol lemetar and cial twa to get the radius of the grinding wheel. Finally, lower the grinding column (Y-axis) until the Y-axis relative position ls equal to the calculated wheel bie cad # , 7. Move X and Z axes till the corner of the wheel is nestled at the bottom of the first step as shown below in Figure 3564-2. Figure 3564-2 fe - - € ‘roe Aurore SET-UP TS RUM. B. Set absolute zero for all axes. 9, Select PARIN, and enter a name/number for the ident. file. This is the name under which the tool information will be stored, Select menu 2564-00U. 10. The first page of menu 3584-00U will appear. Before any information is entered, the whole menu should be zeroed-out. This involves pressing the ENTER button until an entire page is filed with zeros, and then moving on to the next page by pressing the biue FORWA button. 71. When the menu has been completely zerosd-out, go to page 1 and begin entering information. Select the straight step grinding operation by entering a "1" beside "Steps." 12. Enter a ‘1" also for the "Set-up for Step Tool. Enter *0.200" for the Amount of Step Approach. 13. Enter the diameter of the wheel and 10-15\Dg for the Angle of Head, depending on where B-axis is positioned. for the Number of Roughing Passes. 14. On page 2 of the menu, enter a 15. On menu page 3, enter the tool geomertry. if the tool tobe ground has more than two steps, use pages 4-7. Ba especially careful when entering this information. Remember that if the last step does not go to center, there should be a Step Diameter entered for the next step although the number offlutes for that step would be zero. Also, remember that the steps are all referenced

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