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[machinehead]

i have to post programs for 80 variations of an engraving, and would like to be able to call them

up (on a fanuc 'pro a' controller)as simply as possible since there are so many.

 

right now, my thinking is to name them in order from A1 to A80 or something like that, but maybe someone has been down this road and has a better idea...

 

thanks.

[Simtech]

Why not just write out a custom macro ...

[Craig-B]

Custom Macro is the best way to go. This an example of what might work for you . If you input the part number the machine will know what part you want to run.

 

%

O1000(MAIN PROGRAM MACRO HEAD #2)

G20

(===============================)

(ENTER PART # ON MACRO VAR. #500)

(===============================)

G0G10L2P0X0.Z0.

G0G10L2P1X0.Z0.

M86(DOOR CLOSE)

M11(CHUCK OPEN)

M25(TSK OUT)

G04X.250(DWELL)

M10(CHUCK CLOSE)

M200(CHIP CONVEYOY START)

(===============================)

M01

(===============================)

IF[#500EQ6005.1]GOTO1001(PART 1)

IF[#500EQ6005.2]GOTO1002(PART 2)

IF[#500EQ6005.3]GOTO1003(PART 3)

IF[#500EQ6005.4]GOTO1004(PART 4)

IF[#500EQ6005.5]GOTO1004(PART 5)

IF[#500EQ6005.6]GOTO998(PART 6)

GOTO999

N1001M98P8001(PART 1)

M99P32

N1002M98P8002(PART 2)

M99P32

N1003M98P8003(PART 3)

M99P32

N1004M98P8004(PART 4)

M99P32

N1005M98P8005(PART 5)

(===============================)

N32

M01

M300(COUNT TOOL LIFE)

M201(CHIP CONVEYOY STOP)

M85(DOOR OPEN)

M30

 

N998(ALARM)

G28U0.W0.

#3000=10(PART NOT PROGRAMMED)

 

N999(ALARM)

G28U0.W0.

#3000=15(NO PART # SET)

%

[Tony35]

+1 on the custom macro

[machinehead]

i guess wer'e not going to try a macro. boss's thought is, for only one job it's not worth it.

thanks all for your input.

[Josh T™]

quote:

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boss's thought is...

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That's all you had to say

 

I'm glad all of the bosses and the "smart people" of our companies get to make all of these important decisions

[Tony35]

quote:

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boss's thought is, for only one job it's not worth it.

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to fab up the macro would not take that long you already have the programs just got to set a variable tell the program where to go from that variable and the program launches (short version)

if you do it by hand you just doing the macro manually and it would take more time switching programs vs just changing a variable number

JMO

good luck to ya

[machinehead]

thanks tony.

I know it's kind of lame, but the truth is,

1. we haven't used any macro programming here before, and

2. the operator is newish and a 9.5 on a 'scared to try something different' scale.

 

As for the boss's comment, he is right in this case anyway. because by the time we (who haven't used them before) write the macro, get scaredy cat used to the idea, deal with his drama, and run the parts, we would not have saved any time. this is most likely the only time we would run this particular job, even though learning a new method may pay dividends in the future.

 

however,on a much happier note, when i expressed my opinion on not letting ourselves get trapped in our stale ways, i was not fired on the spot.

[Tony35]

quote:

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'scared to try something different'

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i get the same here.

sometimes its just better to do it (the macro) then listen to the crying later at the machine and hold there hand so that everybody can see that a new way maybe better and easier then what they have been doing it for over 20+ years

 

the most common saying here is

 

"thats how we have always done it"

 

keep up the good fight