Coolant always on with tool in post?

[John Hill @ Poplar Hill Machine]

An extremely breif background: I'm new to Mastercam however I have 20+ years of IT/Networking/Programming so I'm a fairly quick learner.

 

I have searched the posts but didn't find what I was looking for so I'm hoping one of the many Guru's that post here can help.

 

I want to modify a post so that coolant is always turned on with the tool, regardless of coolant setting in the tool/operation.

 

I'm hoping there is a variable or switch I an set which will make every tool/op = Flood On With Tool.

 

I'm using the GENERIC FANUC 4X MILL.

 

Thanks,

 

John

[Guest]

Welcome to the Forum

 

Hard code the M08 on the G43 line and the M09 on the G91 G28 line

 

change this

 

code:

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pbld, n$, "G43", *tlngno$, pfzout, scoolant, next_tool$, e$

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to this

 

code:

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pbld, n$, "G43", *tlngno$, pfzout, "M08", next_tool$, e$

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and this

 

code:

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pbld, n$, sgabsinc, sgcode, "G28", "Z0.", scoolant, e$

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to this

code:

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pbld, n$, sgabsinc, sgcode, "G28", "Z0.", "M09", e$

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Remove the scoolants

 

There might be a couple of positions for the turn ons/offs but change them all the same way and you should be good.

 

Read to quick originally

 

[ 03-14-2006, 12:49 PM: Message edited by: jmparis ]

[deckerc]

I set my defualt in my operations to always be flood.

 

welcome to the forum

[3rdstring]

I would think you could set all coolant on codes to M8. Though I guess that wouldn't force coolant if you had coolant off set in the operations.

 

+1 deckerc I set my op defaults too.

 

HTH

[spade117]

John, I think he still wants it to shut off for tool changes. He just doesn't want to check the coolant flood everytime he does a new tool operation. He wants the default to be on instead of having to check flooding on evry operation. This would also help me because sometimes I for get to check coolant on and I don't notice till I post program. Where in op defaults can you set it to always be on?

[within a thou]

The machine should shut the coolant off automatically when it does a tool change I think he just wants the M08 added to his first movement by default like the same line is co ordinate system is called. But I agree with declerc also set your defaults safe the troubles of messing with a post

[deckerc]

I set it in the control definition, operation defualts, select all and edit common parameters. then set the coolant to flood.

[John Hill @ Poplar Hill Machine]

Thanks for the quick replies...

 

I have set my op default for coolant on with tool.

 

Spade has it nailed...I would just feel more confident if I *KNEW* this would never be an issue.

 

Thanks again!

 

John

[3rdstring]

quote:

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I would just feel more confident if I *KNEW* this would never be an issue.

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I think what jmparis has listed above, as far as hard coding an M08 in the necessarry place would accomplish that. Of course to run anything dry you'd have to manually edit the NC file.

[Guest]

quote:

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Of course to run anything dry you'd have to manually edit the NC file.

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Or just reach over and flip the coolant switch if it's a 1st piece type of thing.

[3rdstring]

Doh!!!

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Another POV, I would use *smo8 in place of the "M08" and *sm09 in place of the "M09" shown above. What this gains you is that Mastercam still knows what the condtion of the coolant is; ON (*sm08) or OFF (*sm09).

 

JM2C