How to Change Part Count Between Wheel Dressings

This procedure explains how to change the Part Count between wheel dressings. This value sets how many parts will be ground before the Grinding Wheel is automatically dressed.

Dressing the Grinding Wheel is required periodically to keep the wheel surface flat, clean and at the proper roughness to balance Grinding Speed with Micro Finish.

PROCEDURE:

1. Go to the Operator Control Panel and push the OFFSET pushbutton to display the Offset Screen.
   
2. Then, push the Right Arrow soft key located below the display to flip to the next page. "MACRO" should be a displayed choice on the bottom of the screen.
   
3. Next, push the MACRO soft key.
   
4. Push the PAGE pushbutton to display the Variable Screen. This page contains the 500 level variables.
   
5. Use the arrow keys to highlight Variable 501.
   
6. Use the keypad to enter a new value according to the current variable settings.
   
7. Push the INPUT pushbutton to make the new value active.