The ProtoTRAK EMX

The ProtoTRAK EMX is great for first-time CNC users or for basic knee mill work.

Essential features – minimal complexity.

The ProtoTRAK EMX has the features you really need to work productively using a knee mill, but leaves out features that make other CNCs more complicated.

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DRO Routines

The most useful features of a DRO are available in a crisp, clear display. While working manually in the DRO mode, let the servomotors do the most of the work by pressing the Power Feed and Jog buttons. When you need manual control ball screws provide smooth, positive control while hand cranking.

Programming

Program the ProtoTRAK EMX by making simple selections and answering prompts in plain English. Unlike conventional CNCs, you define only the part geometry; the ProtoTRAK EMX defines the tool path for you.

Program Storage

Handling programs is easy with the simple, clear choices of the ProtoTRAK EMX. An internal flash drive lets you save hundreds of typical programs. A USB port is available to plug in a storage device for backing up programs and moving programs between ProtoTRAKs. The optional USB thumb drive is convenient to use and comes configured to work with the ProtoTRAK EMX.

Part Graphics

While programming, simply press the LOOK key for color graphics of what you have programmed so far.

Math Helps are available for you to quickly and easily calculate intersections, points of tangency, arc centers and more.

Learning the ProtoTRAK EMX

Even if you have never used a CNC before, you can learn the ProtoTRAK EMX in a couple of hours. From the first day you own it, you will find it is easier to make parts with a ProtoTRAK EMX than it is to use manual methods and use a DRO. Go home less tired one day, and you’ll take to the ProtoTRAK just like the scores of machinist have for over twenty years.

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ProtoTRAK EMX Specifications

 
Hardware

• Digital Servo Amplifiers – custom designed for ProtoTRAK operation
• D.C. Servo Motors – rated at 280 in-oz. continuous torque are twice that required
• Precision Ball Screws – in the table and saddle
• Modular Design – simplifies service and maximized uptime
• 115V/60HZ/8 amps
• Feedrate Override of programmed feedrate and rapid
• Polycarbonate Sealed Membrane Keypad to lock out contamination
• 7.0” Color LCD with adjustable contrast
• On board IDR flash memory storage for part programs
• USB port for interface with a storage device
• Rugged Industrial PC
• Glass Scale on quill for Z-axis readout

Software

• Diameter Cutter Compensation – allows programming of the part rather than the center of the tool path
• Circular interpolation – makes arcs and any size hole easy to do with standard tools
• Linear Interpolation – to machine lines at any angle
• Conrad – provides automatic corner radius programming with one data input
• Incremental and Absolute – programming can even be mixed within an event
• Error Messages – to identify programming mistakes
• Fault Messages – for system self-diagnostics
• Parts Graphics display
• Look – a single button press to view graphics during programming
• Math Help – for finding points in a prompted format with graphical representation of prompts
• Machine Tool Error Compensation and Backlash Compensation custom set on mill after installation
• Selectable Inch/mm measurement readout
• Jog of X and Y from 1 to 100 inches per minute
• Continue Mill to eliminate repetitive data inputs while programming
• Context help information provides explanations of ProtoTRAK EMX operations

Programming Canned Cycles

• Posn/Drill – single point
• Bolt Hole – series of points evenly spaced around a circle
• Mill – straight line in any direction
• Arc – any portion of a circle
• Pocket – a rectangle or circle and all the material inside, includes finish cut
• Frame – a perimeter of a rectangle or circle, includes finish cut
• Repeat – of programmed events with or without offset

• Remote Stop/Go (RSG) switch