Clearence Questions

[connormac]

I am progrmaing a progressive program. 5 vices.

all tools will be set off of G54 vise.

G55 vise Z-.200

G56 vise Z .200

G57 & G58 Vise Z 3.200"

 

What is the best way to program this ( no crashez)

I'm using clearence button but it sure seems to go up and down a lot.

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

How many parts ?

If it is not 5000 or more partz set clearance high enough like z6 and that`s all .

Fast ,dirty and safe

What time you will gain licking your program when in nost of mashinez Go is 20-50m/min ?

[Müřlıń®]

Set Z zero above tallest point.

Use retract and clearance @ absolute....you will never crash.

[mayday]

Id use the WSC and set an X,Y,Z datum for each vice

[Marty A]

+1 Murlin

 

that's how i always did it. set my z above the highest part. safe and no worries.

 

 

happy sunday morning

marty

[MCam Newbie]

Could you switch from G54-G55 and make a minimum clearence in Z in the new coordinate system, before making an X Y movement?

 

G54(machining)

(machining)

G55Z0.1

X Y positioning

(machining)

(machining)

 

Like that? Then you could use a minimum Z value above each vise before moving to that vise.

Or would that method be a post problem to achieve?

Sign me .... Trying to help while learning.

[Threept82]

Yes. But If Z0 on G55 is lower then on G54

there will be a world of hurt. What I do is use

minimum clearance on the work shift that is closest to machine head (highest G50) Which is where I have my operators set all offsets from.

 

G54(machining)

(machining)

G57Z0.1

G55 X Y positioning

(machining)

(machining)

[heeler]

We use a G53 (machine cordinate) then go to a safe clearance between offsets.

 

HTH

Glenn

 

P.S.

We just manually edit the code in Cimco and search for the workoffsets.