Emergency stop button

[gcode]

I'd have been better off letting the machine crash. Repairing the control cost a whole lot more

than the 3/8 endmill I saved

[G Caputo]

All our bar mills our shut down by e-stop. The power switch on the pendant just turns on the 120 to the machine. All of our machines have pc's on them. The machine itself can be off and we still have access to the control and the PC. To completely power down the machines you have to pull the breaker on the wall. Our floor bar has a on/off switch built into the control and the german guy who trained me on it said the e-stop is exactly what it is, an emergency stop only.

[Midwest]

E-stop power down on our Haas, Hurco and Mitz EDM.

 

Never had to push E-Stop yet after 20 years to stop a crash, only stop or hold button "knock on wood"

 

[Jack Mitchell]

Wow, 27 hits on a very meaningful topic.

Seriously though, how about the version 10 beta?

or is it a case of no news is good news?

 

 

Regards, Jack

[Rekd™]

Jack, the E-Stop has been removed from X Beta. Had to make room for the coffee maker...

[Code_Breaker]

I use e-stop on my computer every night at 5:30 pm and reverse it every morning at 6 am.

 

Code_Breaker

[Midwest]

How about shutting the door B4 the coolant turns on. It's happened twice since my last post.

 

Or better yet getting an office guy out watching and getting him with the coolant.

 

Then there is the EDM flushing cross drill hole that didn't get plugged.

[Surface]

Once, when trying all the buttons of a brand new Fadal, I thought I would see what the E-stop button did. While the machine was rapiding, I hit the Estop, expecting that it would stop the axis and the spindle.

To my surprise, E-stop kills the power to the motors, but if they are in motion, they continue to move untill momentum or other laws of physics make them stop. Haven't touched that button since. Shut-down or otherwise.

[Rick46]

I run two older milltronics machines sometimes and if you dont hit the e stop before shutting them down the head drops about half inch or so...this is a problem when these machines are running and freeze up in middle of toolpath cause the e stop isnt recognized when u hit it and guess what when I have to power them down and restart them yep the cutter crashes right into the work piece...

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How about shutting the door B4 the coolant turns on.

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This happens to me at least 3 time a day. (For all the Beta Testers) That ought to be a parameter in MC. Automatic door closer!

[George_Gerhard]

Depending on how some people write their ladder logic some accessories could turn on immediately when either the nc or servo system is ready. So as to prevent this pressing the estop prior to shut down assures those accessories will only restart after the estop has been released.

On some machines I write the ladder logic so that after you release estop you must press reset.

 

have a nice long weekend

George

[Kenneth Potter]

Ahhh what a sore spot for me....that freaking E-stop.......What pisses me off is those guys that slam on the e-stop like its the buttons on a arcade game....they come loose ,short out,,,causeing big time headaces.......I dont use the e-stop unless theres a problem with the machine & i have to stop it on the spot!....shut the control down ,power main turned off...thats it for me......LaTER FOLKS