Moving The Cross Table Left Or Right; Manual Travel; Automatic Movement Of The X Axis And Y Axis Using The Feed Motor - Optimum Optimill MT 50E Operating Manual

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Position the milling table on desired position using the crank.
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Make sure to tighten the clamping lever again once you have completed the operation.
4.11

Moving the cross table left or right

There are two ways of moving the cross table.
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By turning the handwheel on the milling table.
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With the automatic table feed.

4.11.1 Manual travel

To manually move the cross table, the clamping levers are released and the table is moved
with the hand crank.
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Loosen the clamping levers.
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Engage the hand crank by pressing into the coupling.
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Position the milling table on desired position using the crank.
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Clamp again if required.

4.11.2 Automatic movement of the X axis and Y axis using the feed motor

The feed motor automatically moves the cross table along the X axis and Y axis.
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Turn on the ON/OFF switch.
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The service light comes on.
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Adjust the feed speed using the speed regulator.
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Move the direction lever to the direction in which you want the cross table to move.
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When the lever is in the central position, the feed motor is halted.
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Do not change the motor from L to R during the operation. Wait until it has come to a com-
plete halt.
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The end stop switch and the two adjustable stops deactivate the automatic feed when the
preset position is reached.
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Move the turning direction lever in the required direction.
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Press the button for rapid traverse.
Once you release the button the machine will proceed at the preset speed.
WARNING!
When the feed motor is operating in fast motion, do not touch moving parts or rotating
parts.
Make sure there are no other people in the danger zone.
Direction lever
Speed regulator
Safety switch
Operation
Version 1.0 dated 2017-05-24
Img.4-3: Feed
Translation of the original instructions
OPTIMUM
M A S C H I N E N - G E R M A N Y
Rapid traverse
Operation control light
ON/OFF switch
MT50E GB
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