simple 4axis post question

[Goldorak]

for those who have 4 axis(rotary)on a mill , do you have 1 post for 4 axis and 1 for 3 axis or the same post do both on the same machine ?

 

this is gives me poo-poo all time when switching from 3 to 4 axis, even my reseller dont seems to be able to find a solution !!!!

 

this is for an okuma OSP100E controller

 

 

thanks for the help!!

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

I usually setup a second Machine Def with only 3 axis, this way one post can support the output of the 4th axis or not depending on the selected Def

[Jammer™]

I use my 4 axis post for 3 and 4 axis work. Haas

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

Haas doesn't mind the A0's in the code if there is no rotary. Okumas will freak if it sees a 0 deg rotary move if no rotary in machine.

[Goldorak]

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Haas doesn't mind the A0's in the code if there is no rotary. Okumas will freak if it sees a 0 deg rotary move if no rotary in machine.

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thats one of my biggest problems

the post still output m15 and A0

[Dowty123]

I used to program Okuma's (3 and 4 axis) and yes I had 2 posts. We were set-up with a steel plate and a tail stock with a vise/fixture on it. Could'nt you have a misc/integer that would deactivate your 'A' axis? HTH!

 

Jean-Simon

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

axela,

with no machine def loaded in you MC, open you machine def thru 'Setting'-'Machine def manager' and use the upper left icon for 'Save as'. Save with a name to reflect that it is 3 axis only. Then delete any rotary axis components from the lower right corner list. Then save again as the 3 axis machine def. You would then have 2 machine defs that use the same post but the new one should post with no A0.

[Goldorak]

i will try this , tanks

[Dan@home]

Steve; correct me if I am wrong. The MD that you created or saved as, will share the same CD and PP as the original MD that you copied it from.

 

Dan.

[crazy^millman]

Dan you can copy the CD and then rename it. You can also do a save as in the CD to the new name(Best Way). Then in the MD you you assign the new CD to that MD and you can share one post among 100 MD/CD if you like. The same goes for the MD you can save as a new name as well. If you have 4 Mazak Mills and all 4 have different control and 2 have 4th axis with one vertical and the other Horizontal you could still in all reality share one post to all 4 of those machine by using the MD/CD to control the differences/verse the V9 and before method of having to use 4 posts.

 

HTH

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

for this scenario, you would want to use the same CD and PST. Just have an additional MD to remove the rotary component.

[Dan@home]

Guys