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KwikMark

KM-64

OPERATIONS MANUAL

Shown with op onal T-Slot Base

"The Best is Now the Simplest"

Designed & Manufactured in the USA

Kwik Mark Inc.

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Page 1 KwikMark KM-64 OPERATIONS MANUAL Shown with op onal T-Slot Base “The Best is Now the Simplest” Designed & Manufactured in the USA Kwik Mark Inc.
Page 2 In the interest of constantly improving our product, Kwik Mark Inc. reserves the right that these products including without limita on product features, speciﬁ ca ons, designs, availability and pricing are subject to change by Kwik Mark Inc., at any me without no ce R221115...
Page 3 Section 0 - Table of Contents Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Table of Contents SECTION 1.0 ....................GENERAL DESCRIPTION SECTION 2.0 .....................SET UP & START UP SECTION 3.0 ...................QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE SECTION 4.0 ..........................RULES SECTION 5.0 ........................
Page 4: General Description
Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION...
Page 5 Furthermore, this concept transfers no direct stresses into the machine slides, for greater longevity. The standard KwikMark (KM-64) operates within an approximate 6” x 4” work area and features solid-state proximity switches as limit sensors for homing and ini alizing each axis. The KwikMark features high resolu on, repeatable performance due in part to the an -backlash assembly of the axial take up mechanism.
Page 6 On the right of this panel are connec ons for the following: BOARD FOOT COM1 USB 1 USB 2 PEDAL ROTARY KWIK MARK INC McHENRY IL USA www.kwikmark.com USB 1 Keyboard, barcode scanner, misc devices USB 2 Keyboard, barcode scanner, misc devices Network connec on used to communicate to...
Page 7 Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 2.0 MACHINE SET UP & START UP...
Page 8: Machine Setup
Section 2.0 - Machine Set Up & Start Up Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machine Set Up Because of the fast speeds and extremely high accelera on rates cau on should be taken to keep the operator aware of pinch points, moving slides and sudden mo ons.
Page 9 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 2.0 - Machine Set Up & Start Up Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machine Start Up A er the connec ons are complete, begin the following: Turn the machine on (twist E-Stop). The 4 line LCD display will show a “welcome” screen in about 20-25 seconds.
Page 10 Kwikmark Operations Manual Sec on 2.0 - Machine Set Up & Start Up Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Marking Your First Part Press F1 on the keyboard. This is called Express Text Mode. Follow the prompts. Type in the alpha numerics (numbers and/or le ers) you wish to mark.
Page 11 Kwikmark Operations Manual Sec on 2.0 - Machine Set Up & Start Up Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Tips On What To Watch & Listen For And Fine Tuning The Marking On the gap between the marking p and the surface being marked, if… Tip is scratching not peening: Increase the gap distance from p to surface Gaps in characters:...
Page 12 Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 3.0 FUNCTION KEYS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE...
Page 13: Function Description
Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machine PS/2 Programmable Hot Keys Function Description Keypad Keyboard Home Express Text Go to Origin Actuate Pin Enter Set Origin Escape Scroll Up Scroll Down...
Page 14 Section 3.0 - Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Express Text F1 will enable Express Text mode will mark one straight line and will not save it Enter Express Text Type the text to be marked Enter Express Text Part # 1234 Accept the default Text...
Page 15 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Actuate Pin F2 will actuate the marking pin EXPRESS.TJB Loaded 00:00 0000 -0.931 -1.842 0.000 Origin Point is set...
Page 16: Origin Set
Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Set Origin Saves the current X, Y, Z posi ons (from Home) to the machine’s Setup File on the CF card Origin Set.
Page 17 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Edit Text Edit just the text in any line of the loaded ﬁ le MARK_IT.TJB Loaded 00:00 00001 Job must be loaded -0.931 -1.842 0.000...
Page 18 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Set Batch Count Job must be loaded Setup, enable and disable Batch Count Mode NEW NAME.TJB Loaded 00:00 0000 0.000 0.001 0.000 Set Batch Count...
Page 19 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Type: • Normal New Job • Serial • Graphic Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 20 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Type: • Normal New Job • Serial • Graphic Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 21 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Type: • Normal New Job • Serial • Graphic Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 22 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Type: • Normal New Job • Serial • Graphic Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 23 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Type: • Normal New Job • Serial • Graphic Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 24 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Type: • Normal New Job • Serial • Graphic Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 25 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Style: • Regular Text New Job • Arc Text • Arc Teach Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 26 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Style: • Regular Text New Job • Arc Text • Arc Teach Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 27 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Style: • Regular Text New Job • Arc Text • Arc Teach Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 28 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Choose the Line Style: • Regular Text New Job • Arc Text • Arc Teach Se ng up a new marking ﬁ le •...
Page 29: Editing A Job
Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Edit Job Job must be loaded Allows full edi ng, adding and dele ng lines MARK_IT.TJB Loaded 00:00 00000 EDITING A JOB 0.000 0.000 0.000...
Page 30 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Enter Text ABCDE Edit Job Allows full edi ng, adding and dele ng lines EDITING A JOB ABCDE Text Height [ 0.125] ABCDE Text Height...
Page 31 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Scroll down to choose the line you want Edit Job Editing MARK_IT.TJB Allows full edi ng, adding and dele ng lines Edit Line >Add Line ADDING A LINE...
Page 32: Deleting A Line
Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Edit Job Allows full edi ng, adding and dele ng lines Scroll down to choose the line you want DELETING A LINE Editing MARK_IT.TJB Edit Line...
Page 33 Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Edit Lines Allows edi ng of line proper es MARK_IT.TJB Loaded 00:00 0000 Job must be loaded 0.000 0.000 0.000 Line 1 Line 2 Line 3...
Page 34 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Edit Lines Allows edi ng of line proper es SERIAL: 4577 Height 0.125 X Position [ 0.000] Y Position [ 0.000] SERIAL: 4577 Height...
Page 35 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Teach Park Path Job must be loaded Park Path is always ed to the marking ﬁ le that NEW_NAME.TJB was loaded when this mode was enabled. Loaded 00:00 00000 NEW PARK PATH...
Page 36 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Teach Park Path Job must be loaded Park Path is always ed to the marking ﬁ le that NEW_NAME.TJB was loaded when this mode was enabled. Loaded 00:00 00000 SELECT PARK PATH...
Page 37 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 3.0 - Function Keys Quick Reference Guide Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Teach Park Path Job must be loaded Park Path is always ed to the marking ﬁ le that NEW_NAME.TJB was loaded when this mode was enabled. Loaded 00:00 00000 NO PARK PATH...
Page 38 Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 4.0 RULES...
Page 39 Section 4.0 - Rules Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Rules There are two ways to setup a marking job: Express Text and Standard Job Setup Both are described below and explained in detail in the following pages. Express Text Setup Standard Job Setup When you just want to mark a line of text and do not...
Page 40 Section 4.0 - Rules Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Standard Job Setup Descrip on File Name: Must be 8 characters or less. No spaces or math symbols. This will be saved to the CF card on the machine. EX: PART_123 Normal Line Type: Any numbers and characters and symbols available on the keyboard.
Page 41 Section 4.0 - Rules Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Date Codes Date, Time and Shi Code func ons are used to automa cally mark the current values as listed in below chart. Example for: December 27 2025 1:34 PM Note: The following will embed a date code in a normal line type: $$MM/DD/YY$$ Math Example: DJ + 500 will mark julian date value + 500...
Page 42 Section 4.0 - Rules Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Line Type Variable Line Type: Variable line types allow the user to enter the marking data on the machine with the keyboard or a bar code scanner. There may be mul ple Variable lines in a ﬁ...
Page 43: Line Style
Section 4.0 - Rules Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Line Style Regular Line Style: Regular line style is for marking straight text. Arc Text Line Style: Arc Text line style is for marking text around a radius. The user will deﬁ ne the radius of the text from the center to the bo om of the character, and the angle which is deﬁ...
Page 44 Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 5.0 CONTROLS...
Page 45 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 5.0 - Controls Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. The system features a back-lit LCD display and a touch pad for opera on and control. The following is a descrip on of all of the features and their func ons throughout all of the modes of opera on. Please note some keys have mul ple func ons.
Page 46 Section 5.0 - Controls Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. PS/2 Machine Keypad Keyboard OUTLINE MODE • Begins the outline process which disables output 1 and traces a rectangle around the outline of the pa ern NORMAL MODE •...
Page 47 Section 5.0 - Controls Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machine PS/2 Keypad Keyboard NORMAL MODE • Moves the X, Y & Z axes to the origin posi on. This posi on is deﬁ ned by homing the machine then jogging the head to the desired posi on and then choosing “set origin”...
Page 48 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 5.0 - Controls Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machine PS/2 Keypad Keyboard NORMAL MODE • Scrolls downward through menu DIAGNOSTIC MODE • Rotates 4th axis JOB LOADED MODE • Displays all of the lines of text in that job •...
Page 49 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 5.0 - Controls Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machine PS/2 Keypad Keyboard NORMAL MODE • Jogs head to right. Time/touch sensi ve FIXTURE INFORMATION MODE • Changes current posi on from inches to tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc. EDIT TOOL FILE MODE •...
Page 50 Section 5.0 - Controls Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machines with Z-Axis Op on have a 16 Bu on Key Pad 16 Key Touch Pad Machine PS/2 Keypad Keyboard NORMAL MODE • Enters tool and clearance depth se ng mode. See Z axis controls. ROTARY VALVE SETUP •...
Page 51: Machine Diagrams
Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 6.0 MACHINE DIAGRAMS...
Page 52 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 6.0 - Machine Diagrams Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Kwik Mark Schema cs KwikMark Top View KwikMark Front View KwikMark Side View Shown with op onal T-Slot Base Plate...
Page 53 Kwikmark Operations Manual Section 6.0 - Machine Diagrams Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Machine Front Descrip ons and Informa on LCD Display Filter, Regulator, Gauge 4 Line Membrane Keypad E-Stop Bu on Air Inlet 20-100 PSI Front View Description Information...
Page 54 USB Ports 1 & 2 Foot Pedal Connector BOARD FOOT COM1 USB 1 USB 2 PEDAL ROTARY KWIK MARK INC McHENRY IL USA www.kwikmark.com 4th Axis Rotary Connector Side Connectors Description Information Foot Pedal 3 pin mini din For detachable footpedal or cycle start switch...
Page 55 Section 6.0 - Machine Diagrams Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Inside View Descrip ons and Informa on Inside View Description Information Y limit sensor Proximity switch Detects the back (home position) of the Y axis Output relay(s) Solid state Drive marking pin and misc optional outputs...
Page 56 Section 6.0 - Machine Diagrams Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Close Up Dimensions of Marking Head Assembly GASKET Urethane .06” Thick CLAMP COLLAR 1.85 D 0.500 Loosen the 1/4 SHCS to Remove Head Assembly 1.000 1.12 D 2.000...
Page 57: Maintenance
Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 7.0 MAINTENANCE...
Page 58 Section 7.0 - Maintenance Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Unplug the power supply and air hoses before beginning any maintenance or cleaning Most marking quality issues are due to dirty or worn part(s) in the Marking Head Assembly. The maintenance opera ons listed here are intended as a guideline.
Page 59 Section 7.0 - Maintenance Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Unplug the power supply and air hoses before beginning any maintenance or cleaning Normally maintenance is not required. Keep rails free of any X and Y Slides debris and residue, wipe with dry cloth.
Page 60 Ground Hardened Rods for X Axis (2 pieces) SY-2 Ground Hardened Rods for Y Axis (2 pieces) DC-49 Cable for X and Y Axis Drive for KM-64 Model 2 sets required per machine Each DC-60 Cable for 12” X Axis Drive for KM-1207 Model...
Page 61: Power Requirements
Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 8.0 POWER REQUIREMENTS...
Page 62 Section 8.0 - Power Requirements Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Electrical and Pneuma c Specs To operate properly, the KwikMark requires the following electrical and pneuma c service ELECTRICAL SERVICE..........120-220 VAC, 50-60 hertz, single phase, 2.5 AMP power supply from standard wall outlet.
Page 63: Electrical Schematic
Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 9.0 ELECTRICAL SCHEMATIC...
Page 64 Section 9.0 - Electrical Schematic Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine.
Page 65: Troubleshooting
Kwikmark Operations Manual SECTION 10.0 TROUBLESHOOTING...
Page 66 Section 10.0 - Troubleshooting Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Unplug the power supply and air hoses before beginning any maintenance or cleaning Solution(s) Description Diagnosis 1. Mark is Not Legible A. Air pressure incorrectly set. A.
Page 67 Section 10.0 - Troubleshooting Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Unplug the power supply and air hoses before beginning any maintenance or cleaning Solution(s) Description Diagnosis 4. Marking Image varies in Depth A. Part is not ﬁ xtured ﬂ at to the machine’s A.
Page 68 Section 10.0 - Troubleshooting Kwikmark Operations Manual Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine. Unplug the power supply and air hoses before beginning any maintenance or cleaning Diagnosis Solution(s) Description 8. Machine does not Jog A. Jog the KwikMark using the keypad on A.

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