1. Boxford 190VMCxi 3-axis Vertical Milling Machine
Lab 1:
Basic Orientation

2. Boxford CNC Equipment
Lathe
Vertical Mill

3. Basic Components Vise Tool Center / Collet Caddy Air Nozzle
Looking up into Spindle
Air Nozzle

4. Basic Components Type E60 Arbor End Mill Cutting Bit
Power Switch, Circuit Breakers, & Cord
Access Interlock Switch

5. Basic Components

6. Basic Components Arbor Release Lever Coolant Mist Mixing Valve
Bottom View of Arbor in Spindle
X & Y Direction of Ways

7. Project Management
The following slides describe the procedures for manual operation of the 190VMCxi
Enter the procedures logically and clearly into Project 1 (Lab 1) of your Project Management Binder (PMB)
Logical Sections would be:
Component and Controls Identification
Machine Control Procedures
Manufacturing Procedures
Later, when you are assigned Team Members
Make sure everyone in your team has the same information
Unconditionally, share information (you are a team)

8. Manual Operation – Home Position
Turn 190VMCxi power on
Gently push E-stop
Gently turn E-stop to the right and release
Push the blue Cycle Reset button
Under E-stop
Wait until manual/auto control illuminates
10 to 20 seconds
Press the blue Home button (2 parallel slashes)
Located in top right corner of control panel
Machine tables relocate themselves to the home position
Z-axis up and X and Y tables to the front left corner

9. Manual Machine Operations
After Homing the controls
Open the Boxford Application software
Select the 190VMCxi
Under <View> menu, Select <Feedback>
This allows seeing a time delayed feedback of X, Y, and Z axis speed and positions
Also, the spindle speed is displayed

10. Manual Manipulation
Get in teams of 3 and safely exercise all of the manual machine controls
Attempt to exactly locate the mill spindle at
(75, 75, 100)
Document in your PMB your observations.