Edit Key on Mori's

[BrianCNC]

Trying to lock out programming on the floor by pulling the panel/edit key off of our new Mori Seiki Verticals with MAPPS IV controller. We are full of programs in the front memory (400)and currently have a programmer or setup person unlocking machine to download a program. Does anyone know of a way to download a program without having the panel/edit key?

We tried using the user memory area, but while we can punch to it without the key we can not read from it. Drip feeding from the user memory won't work because you can not skip around in the program such as skipping or rerunning a tool.

 

I would be interested in hearing how other companies keep the operators from writing/editing programs on the floor.

 

Thanks

[huskermcdoogle]

Trying to lock out programming on the floor by pulling the panel/edit key off of our new Mori Seiki Verticals with MAPPS IV controller. We are full of programs in the front memory (400)and currently have a programmer or setup person unlocking machine to download a program. Does anyone know of a way to download a program without having the panel/edit key?

We tried using the user memory area, but while we can punch to it without the key we can not read from it. Drip feeding from the user memory won't work because you can not skip around in the program such as skipping or rerunning a tool.

 

I would be interested in hearing how other companies keep the operators from writing/editing programs on the floor.

 

Thanks

 

 

Trust. If your programs and processes are good they won't feel the need to edit the programs. If you can't trust them not to edit the programs, then you don't want them in the shop. Practice at our shop is to leave edit locked, though key hanging in lock, so if edits are needed (very rare, only during setup/changover) it is right there.

[andate caga]

Hire better machinists.

[BrianCNC]

70+ CNC machines, multiple shifts, and shortage of machinists I don't see that changing for us anytime soon.