DMG LASER MACHINE MANUAL

The DMG manual describes a 'set zeropoint' key thats not there on my machine page. Heres what my machine and scratch screens look like.

DMG LASER MACHINE MANUALS

Is there some trick not described in regular manuals that you need to do on a DMG DMC siemens machine to set the Z offset? I assume that if I set one tool to the work offset position, they will all be set correctly as they are all referenced to the height of the laser at their tip. I was able to reset x and y to zero at the work offset but not z. In machine screen, I can go to scratch then press 'Z0 base', which I assume is G53 the settable offset. The DMC implementation of the WCS on this control is really different than whats in the Siemens manual and also very different from my DMG DMC manual that came with the machine. Now thats Ive set the z value of the tools to the laser level, Im trying to set the work offset. I just moved the shutters out of the way for now. I think its an air leak or sticky valve, the cylinders seem to be free. Well now the shutters for the laser stopped moving out of the way of the laser. With that you can calibrate the Z offset (I think). It also seems to reset the WCS to zero as I didnt ever set it before.įor those with these systems, how do you usually use this Z data? How do you calculate the distance from the laser to the work to set the Z work offset? There is also a calibrate mode M92. The tool offset in Z for that tool in the tool table changes to the distance from the spindle face to the tool tip. After measurement, some red text flashes too quick to read and L=1 shows in red then the tool returns to the tool change position in Z. L=1 appears in green at the top of the screen. With tool Txx in the spindle, the machine opens the laser shutters, moves to tool to the center of the table and drops it down into the laser, going through a cycle at the tip. I found a few M codes referenced to the system in paperwork in the original technician setup files that came with the machine. I have no docs for it, DMG wont provide any docs either even though their technicians installed and set the system up back in 2001. I just setup a DMG DMC103V machine here and am trying to figure out the very basic laser toolsetter.

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