Tangential Cutting; Figure 25 The Tangential Panel - Ioline SmarTrac I/S Series User Manual

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Tangential Cutting

This feature is available only on SmarTrac SC and wider
I/S models manufactured after March 2005.
When enabled, the tangential cutting feature will carefully align the
blade with the line segment before making each cut in the material.
This process is useful for especially challenging materials like reflec-
tive vinyl. Using tangential cutting will reduce throughput because
of the extra alignment steps. Use the Ioline Control Center software
to enable and adjust tangential cutting.
Follow these steps to enable tangential cutting:
1. Power on the Ioline cutter.
2. Use the Arrow keys to position the blade and material where
cutting should begin. Press the Set Origin button on the key-
pad so that the keypad light turns green.
3. Open the Ioline Control Center software.
4. Find the Tangential Cutting box on the main screen.
5. Check the box next to Enable. Press Permanent in the Send
Settings to Cutter window.
6. Perform a test cut on the machine. See Cutting a Design earlier
in this chapter to learn about test cuts.
7. Adjust parameters as necessary. The settings are explained
below. Make sure to press Start/Stop until the keypad LED is
green before updating settings in the cutter with the Permanent
button.
8. The cutter is ready to make tangential cuts. Open the Control
Center software and uncheck the Enable box then press the
Permanent button to return to normal cutting mode.
Figure 25. The Tangential Panel.