Wotan Machine

[Scot]

Hello,

 

My boss left me a note this evening stating that our company purchased a Wotan horizontal machine with a heidenhain TNC 415 control. He wants to start making programs next week to test the machine while wondering if I have a .pst. Our sister company currently has a Correa vertical machine center with heidenhain TNC 426B control, which I program for now. My MC dealer sent me Mpmaster_heid_conv.pst, Mpmaster_heid_iso.pst, and Mpmaster_heid_millplus.pst. Not sure if any of these posts will work. Although I will contact my dealer tomorrow, I have a meeting with my supervisors at 6A.M. to discuss getting this machine up and running. Can anyone give me some feedback on Wotan machines?

Sorry but I don't know much about the machine, as I only have a hand written note with only the info. I listed above.

I would greatly appreciate any feedback.

 

Thanks in advance,

Scot

[CNCme]

Good Eve,

 

Most machines come with some test programs or

the manuals have program formats in them.

Is this a new machine??

 

Tony G

CNCiT Precision Machine - Hudson,NH

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Almost Employed Senior Programmer

N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire

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End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO"

And coolant and chips are like the enemy

Under your boots as you advance in the

Manufacturing Battle

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[Scot]

Thanks for the reply CNCme. I believe the machine is around 6-8 years old. I'm not sure where the company picked it up. I inquired about a manual, but the boss had left for the night. I'll be sure to check that out.

 

Thanks,

[Bruce Caulley]

Scot,

Forget the ISO post and go with the conversational.

 

Bruce

[Scot]

Thanks Bruce! I will stick to the conversational.

 

Much Appreciated

Scot

[CNCme]

Good Day,

 

The conv. is ok, but at some point you will

have something a little more complex that conv. cant do.

If its an old machine, there should be some

prog.s in the mach memory that you could match to

an existing post for heidenhain.

 

 

Tony G

CNCiT Precision Machine - Hudson,NH

X Beta Site

Almost Employed Senior Programmer

N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire

_________________________________________

End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO"

And coolant and chips are like the enemy

Under your boots as you advance in the

Manufacturing Battle

--------------------------------------------------

 

[ 01-04-2005, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

Nothing you cant do with conversational. I used to teach Heidenhain. It's a very powerful language. G code actually takes longer to process in the Heidenhain.

 

Mike Mattera

[Scot]

Thank you for the replies. I found out a little more information about the machine. It is a CutMax3 with 4 axis capabilities (rotary table). I never thought to wait to view the programs in the machines memory. Thanks Tony.

 

Scot