Acceleration; Up/Down Delays; Force; Force Values - Ioline Supernova I/S Series User Manual

28 Ioline SmarTrac User Guide

Acceleration

The factory-set Acceleration is 1.0 g. The Acceleration setting deter-
mines how quickly the pen or blade will reach full speed when start-
ing or ending a cut line. Use the Control Center to change the setting
within a range of 0.1 to 1.0 g. For long or difficult cuts, or when try-
ing to achieve maximum accuracy, use lower Acceleration settings.

Up/Down Delays

The factory-set Up and Down Delays are both 0 milliseconds (ms) or
0 thousandths of a second. The Delay setting controls the amount of
time, in milliseconds, the signcutter pauses after lifting or lowering
the pen or blade. Under normal circumstances this setting will not
require adjustment. Thick material (e.g. sandblast mask) may require
a delay of 25 to 50 ms.

Force

The minimum and maximum force settings for the Force control
knob on the keypad is adjustable.
Factory-set Default
Default Maximum
Maximum
Default Minimum

Blade Overcut

Blade Overcut is the distance the blade travels beyond the end of a
cut. Blade Overcut ensures that each cut actually reaches the point
where one cut line meets and slightly overlaps another cut line. This
ensures that all of the pieces of the sign will be cut completely, with
no undercuts. The factory-set Blade Overcut is 10 mils. This setting
is ignored when a pen is installed in the carriage.

Blade Steering Arc

Blade The Blade Offset is nominally 15 mils (or 47 mils on some
Offset blades), but specific blades can vary within a tolerance.
For close work, making some tiny test cuts at several set-
tings, then picking the best one, can improve accuracy.
This setting is ignored when a pen is installed in the car-
riage.
Minimum Minimum Angle sets the angle for the signcutter blade
Angle steering arc. For a very tiny cut, a small or zero angle
can be specified. For larger cuts a greater angle of up to
45 degrees is best. The factory-set value works well with
most files. Adjusting this setting for small cuts may im-
prove performance. This setting is ignored when a pen is
installed in the carriage.

Force Values

Force Setting
10 grams
200 grams
400 grams
10 grams