Mach4 Spindle Warm Up

Mach4 has the ability to setup a Spindle Warm Up procedure for machines.

To be able to configure this go to Control->Plugins->MachMotion and then search for Spindle Warm Up.

Below is an example screen for the Spindle Warm Up settings.

Parameter	Description
Spindle Warm Up Off Time Trigger in minutes	How long do want the spindle to be off before the spindle will need to do the Warm Up cycle
Spindle Warm Up Enabled	Warm Up Cycle On or Off
Spindle Warm Up Idle Speed	Speed the spindle will idle at after the warm up is complete. Some spindles will not go very slow and may idle at 1500 RPM
Spindle War Up Max RPM	Max (finishing) speed for the warm up cycle. This should be the Max RPM of the spindle.
Spindle Warm Up Min RPM	Minimum (starting) speed for the warm up cycle (see note below)
Spindle Warm Up Steps	How many steps will it take to get the spindle up to Warmed Up status - from Minimum to Maximum RPM
Spindle Warm Up Time Per Step	How long it will stay in each Spindle Warm Up Step
Spindle Type	VFD or Other Spindle Control Type

Specific values:

Do your research to get the manufacturer's warm up instructions. If none of your resources produces those instructions, then set 2 minutes at each step, and 6000 per step, ending 6000 below max spindle RPM.
1. For HSD spindles, MachMotion can provide the ranges from our server (located in M:\Production\Products\Spindles\HSD OEM Info).
Do your math to plug in the correct parameters
For the Spindle Warm Up Min RPM, enter 1. It will start at the correct minimum RPM and do the steps and time as you specified.

If you need a max warm up RPM of 18000, and you need it to spend 2 minutes at 6000 and 12000 also, then set:

18000/3 = 6000