Fanuc 169iM Control

[Mick]

Does anyone have any experience with these controls? It could be a misprint, and maybe should read Fanuc 16BiM..I'm not sure.

Its a control fitted to the Kitamura Mycenter 3xiH, and has AI Nano Control (180 Block Look Ahead), 1280 Meters Memory and a Fanuc Data Server for high precision machining.

I'm curious as to how anyone has found this particular control/machine for machining blowmolds and injection moulds. I was told a while ago the Fanuc high speed machining had limitations, such as only being able to use incremental, etc. Do these limitations still exist?

 

Regards

[Hardmill]

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I was told a while ago the Fanuc high speed machining had limitations, such as only being able to use incremental, etc. Do these limitations still exist?

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That never existed as far as I know.(16im)

Its a great control in my eyes. I used it on

a(2)Yasda 640v, by far one of the most accurate

machines ouy for high speed and hard milling.

You'll love the data server. One control had

1.2 the other I believe 2.0 gigs of space. Way

more than enough memory. Let me know if you

need any assistance.

PEACE

 

[ 07-16-2003, 01:38 AM: Message edited by: Hardmill ]

[romer]

Mick,

 

I've run the 3xi's. Outstanding machine as far as I'm concerned. The 40 taper is about your only limit.

The control is a 16iMB i=(Intel board) M=(model) A or B. The data server I'm familiar with was 2gigs and worked great. I've never heard of the incremental limitation.

 

Romer

 

[ 07-16-2003, 03:10 AM: Message edited by: romer ]

[Greg Williams]

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was told a while ago the Fanuc high speed machining had limitations, such as only being able to use incremental, etc. Do these limitations still exist?

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I don't know where this come from but it is not and has never been true.

 

Fanuc 16IM is there top of the range controller for high speed machining.

 

We have a few of these and they have no problems with data processing. Basically this controller can read blocks as fast and your work PC can scroll through them in Cimco editor.

[DavidB]

I have a 16I M on my new OKK with a 2gig hard drive it eats code for breakfast,lunch and tea.

[Mick]

Sorry for my delay in replying, but I've been bunged up with the flu :/

Thanks for all the replies. The controller certainly appears to be good. I have an associate looking at one. Its a 40 taper, but its a double contact taper, so it'll add a bit more rigidity.

Again, thanks for all your comments.

 

Regards,

 

Mick

[Hardmill]

If your talking about a Big Plus system,

dats the one .

Awesome system.

 

PEACE

 

[ 07-18-2003, 02:01 AM: Message edited by: Hardmill ]

[Mick]

Yeah, Big Plus is the one. It is awesome. And the Big tool holders are a work of art

 

Cheers,

 

Mick

[altaeng]

Data server usage question concerning 16m control. I have been passed down a Matsuura with 16m control and data server installed. But I can't use it. We have;

GET

PUT

L-GET

L-PUT

 

Please explain.

 

Thanks,

Steve

[Hardmill]

Get comand is going to pull your file off the

server

Put comand will put your file on the server.

 

L-get & L-put Retrieve or send multiple files using

a file with a list of all wanted files.

 

Are you connected to your network yet???

 

PEACE

[altaeng]

cool so how do you get programs of the cnc's memory.

 

Thanks,

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

You need FTP software (I suggest WSFTP, it's very easy to configure) to upload and download to the Dataserver.

 

GET - gets the program from the Host

PUT - puts a program on the dataserver to the host

 

If you ahve any problems with the dataserver let me know. I've installed and configured a handful of them.

 

James teh man of many hats

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Oh, one more thing. The incremental thing is a myth. There are processing speed advantages to running incremental programs but it's not absolutely necessary.

 

When a program is written in absolute, the control MUST calculate each new position in relation to program zero. When programmed incrementally, all the control needs to do is add/subtract from the last position. As proven in testing, when the control has toprocess a lot of math, it slows down. Incremental programming translates to higher feedrates and smoother performance.

 

Do you have HPCC on this machine???