Mitsubishi Controls

[JeffreyS]

I am looking for a little help with modifying my post to "Tap' for a Mitsubishi control (Yes I know, was not my choice) and their build date was in 1996.

 

Is there a way to modify the post within Mastercam to get the desired output? I must manually edit tap cycles for three machines, any help is greatly appreciated. I have tried my reseller, although he is not sure how to get these results.

 

Sample...

 

Normal Haas/Fanuc 10-32 tap cycle

X3.07 Y-.187 S400 M3

G43 H5 Z1. M8

G84 G98 Z-.6 R.06 F12.5

 

Our Mitsubishi 10-32 tap cycle

X3.07 Y-.187 S400 M3

G43 H5 Z1. M8

G84 G98 Z-.6 R.06 E32 , R1 <<< Threads Per Inch / Rigid tap

 

Thank you in advance

[MIL-TFP-41]

k...I will take a rough stab here...quick & dirty...

 

find this (depending on what post you are using, it could vary, this is based on the generic 3ax fanuc)

fmt "F" 2 pitch	 #Tap pitch (units per thread)

change to this

fmt "E" 4 pitch	 #Tap pitch (units per thread)

 

Then go to your tapping cycle in your post (ptap$)

find this

else, pitch = 1/n_tap_thds$

change to this

else, pitch = n_tap_thds$

 

Then, finally, find this in the ptap$....

	 pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout,
 prdrlout, *pitch, !feed, strcantext, e$

and make it this....

	 pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout,
 prdrlout, *pitch, "R1", strcantext, e$

 

like I said, quick & dirty....

[JeffreyS]

This seems way too easy, why didn't my reseller understand this? I will test this Monday. Thank you.

[Mick]

This seems way too easy, why didn't my reseller understand this? I will test this Monday. Thank you.

 

Not all resellers are created equal... LOL

[crazy^millman]

Well I talked to your reseller and they did understand this, but you are not giving everyone the whole story and I will leave it at that.

[JeffreyS]

There is not a story other than what I had asked for above. They have been very helpful with repairing the bad stuff I inherited.

 

 

Then go to your tapping cycle in your post (ptap$)

find this

else, pitch = 1/n_tap_thds$

change to this

else, pitch = n_tap_thds$

 

I cannot find this line in ptap$ as E value now is outputting "E0"

 

I have ptap$ #Canned Tap Cycle

pdrlcommonb

pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrill, *sgdrlref, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout,

prdrlout, *pitch, "R1" strcantext, e$

pcom_movea

 

Thanks in advance.

[crazy^millman]

Well your answer was above pitch need to review his help again to make sure you have everything he gave you to do 100% correct.

[MIL-TFP-41]

There are so many different flavors of posts out there...the example I gave you was based on the generic 3ax fanuc. since you are getting an "E0" output you are way close.

 

pdrlcommonb

pitch = n_tap_thds$

pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrill, *sgdrlref, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout,

prdrlout, *pitch, "R1" strcantext, e$

pcom_movea

 

getting it to work with a metric tap....is gonna be something different