Dynapath and Abrasive waterjet

[Roger]

The company I work for just built a Abrasive waterjet machine. The controller is a Dynapath delta 20. I need some advice on how to program this machine with Mastercam mill.

 

Countour is the only toolpath that I will be using. I sit all Z heights to 0, and use a tool that is the diameter of the kerf, and 0 for spindle speed.

 

What I need is a program that rapids to position, turns on the jet, next line turns on the abrasive, next line dwells, cuts the countour, turns off the jet, and abrasive, dwells and then rapids to the next postion. etc. etc.

 

I'm using mastercam version 9.1 post processor is the MPDYPTH for dynapath delta 10 & 20 controllers.

 

(9)M03$ Turns on the jet

(9)M08$ Turns on the abrasive

(8)L2$ Dwell for 2 seconds

(9)M05$ Turns off both the jet and abrasive

 

Anyone out there have any suggestions on this.

 

Please help....I'm having to use copy and paste in the editor. And it is very time consuming. Heaven forbid I should miss turning off the jet between countours.....That would be costly.

[BernieT]

My suggestion is to talk to your dealer right away. Those should all be simple post modifications. Good luck.