Memory in the machine

[Hermann]

What is the minimum amount of memory that i should have installed into a Haas VMC for machining 3d parts. Also how large are some of the nc files that anyone has seen from Mastercam?

[Quickmike]

The amount of memory required will mostly depend on the size of the surfaces being machined, the amount of stepover, also if the part has free form surfaces or geometric surfaces. For example if the part being cut is 1inch x 2 inch x 3 inch that won't take much memory, but if the part is 1 foot x 2 feet x 3 feet it would probably require much more memory. But you never have to much memory. (Kind of like beer you can never have to much on hand.)

[Tony]

Get all the memory they will let you buy.

you won't be sorry.

[BernieT]

Ain't no such thing as too much memory !! Go for the max available.

 

???? - Can a HAAS be hooked up to a LAN??

 

FYI - I'm working on a tennis racquet mold now and the bigger programs from Mcam are 700 to 1100K. If I had a tool chg'er they could easily be 4000K in size. The LAN makes transfer to the machine directly and immediate.

 

BerTau

 

[ 03-13-2002, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: BerTau ]

[cadcam]

BerTau, if it is a newer machine you can have the ethernet card installed.

Are new one here at y building has this option.

[Greg Williams]

Hermann,

 

You can never have too much memory, If you intent on doing any high speed milling you will need to have a Hard drive data server on the machine, this comes with an ethernet connection. so file transfer will never be a problem again. you wont be sorry.

[Glenn Bouman]

The newer Haas have a LAN option. I would not go with a larger memory without the LAN option. Who is going to wait to load a 10+ MEG file with RS232 cable?

 

Unless you are running the same program over and over again, you would be much better off taking the money from the LAN and the extended memory options and putting that toward a computer running Cimco's DNC-MAX. Then there is no waiting to load large files, you run direct from the computer.

 

[ 03-13-2002, 10:06 PM: Message edited by: Glenn Bouman, In-House ]

[Robby GM]

we use a pc's to drip feed our machines

we auto parts, only problem we've had when

feeds get over 150 ipm.

biggest programe ive rum was 12mb, hood die

start up and go to lunch,dinner and a nap

[Sem001]

Rob,

 

Try removing block numbers and white spaces in your program also if ya use a lil looser tolerance ya will get less lines which will help with that problem

[Chips Ahoy]

Haas has a memory upgrade to 1mb, 8mb, and 16mb It can have a zipdrive hooked up with an interface. Ethernet interface. Just some info.

[Robby GM]

150 ipm is all our big machines can handle on

a finish path. Boss's think its wild at that speed.

they are happy ,