Plasma CNC cutting machine is one of the most commonly used types of CNC machine. It’s used mostly for cutting Steel, aluminium and other conductive materials. Like any other type of CNC machine, plasma machine has it own specifics. Machine should be properly designed for such type of machining, considering slag, steel dust, high temperatures, […]
Sometimes we need to modify our CNC machine in order to achieve our machining goals as quickly and as efficiently as possible. CNC machines such as plasma, plotter cutters, lasers need mechanism that helps with measuring of material surface. Good example of such modification is Floating Z axis. The concept is pretty straight forward: Z axis has […]
CNC lathe thread cutting requires spindle RPM’s to be synchronised with machines linear movement, we call this spindle synchronisation. To achieve this, controller needs to read feedback signal from machines spindle to obtain information at which RPM spindle rotates. For this purpose we can use incremental (with quadrature A and B signals ) encoder or […]
Some users face an obstacle during their time learning and using PlanetCNC software. While we always try to give fast and effective support, sometimes we need more info about the problem user is facing in order to come up with solution as fast as possible. So when you post e-mail or ticket regarding your problem […]
PlanetCNC TNG software offers option of creating and adding custom buttons to software toolbars. Buttons can be added to top, bottom, left sided and right sided toolbars. Custom buttons can execute any feature from File, View, Program, Machine and Help menu. For this tutorial we will create and add buttons to top toolbar of PlanetCNC […]
Since PCB milling is a very delicate and precise procedure (distance between two pads can be only few mils), already smallest PCB surface height irregularities can create bad results. So it is very important that depth of milling is constant over the whole PCB surface throughout the whole milling process. We can achieve this by […]
With PlanetCNC TNG software user can create or customise g-code procedures (e.g. for M3/M5 g-codes, M6 g-code) using script files. Script files are located in PlanetCNC TNG installation folder in scripts folder. If your settings file is named e.g.”MyCNCRouter.settings”, then your corresponding scripts folder should be named MyCNCRouter.scripts. This way you can link multiple script files […]
With PlanetCNC TNG user can create his own custom tabs. Tabs are displayed on main user interface and can include any parameter used by software whether its tool offset value, number of g-code line or absolute position of machine. By default, software will display tabs “Speed” and “IO”. User can create maximum of 5 state files, […]
1. Reference your machine using Homing procedure(Machine/Home): How to set Homing procedure in PlanetCNC TNG software 2. Connect movable sensor (further in text referenced as sensor) to one of the inputs (Input connector) of controller. 3. In settings select either Sensor 1 or Sensor 2 (File/Settings/Program Options/Measure/Sensor). It doesn’t matter which one you choose. From […]
1. Reference your machine using Homing procedure(Machine/Home): How to set Homing procedure in PlanetCNC TNG software 2. Mount your fixed tool sensor(further in text referenced as sensor) on machine table. 3. Connect sensor to one of the inputs (Input connector) of controller. 4. In settings select either Sensor 1 or Sensor 2(File/Settings/Input/Sensors). It doesn’t matter […]
Limit switches are used to reference your machine(homing procedure) as also for safety reasons. If you use only one limit switch for axis X motor (positive direction), connected to controllers limit input 1: If you have two limit switches for axis X motor (negative and positive direction), connected to same limit input of controller: If […]
Homing procedure will reference your machine and set machine work area. 1. First you need to configure these settings: Motor limits(File/Settings/Motors/Limits): Set limitation of movement for each motor. Motor limits tutorial can be found on this link: Motor Limits tutorial Limit switch input configuration(File/Settings/Limit/Limit Switches): Configure limit switch inputs of controller. Limit switch input configuration […]
