Just wondering if anyone has experience working on a i400 integrex, There is a coolant blockage right at the upper turret spindle, I took all the lines off and they are clear.  The blockage appears to be in the spindle its self, I managed to get all the jets clear but still not working. Has anyone had this problem?

We work on the waterfront right off the ocean, turned out to be bad corrosion on one of the holders that hasnt been used in a while, got it out and cleaned and oiled every holder, few taps with a ballpeen on the holder did the trick, dead blow was too soft i guess

Was worried the drawbar failed, not an easy job on an integrex 400

We have a tool holder stuck in our mill spindle, we actually clamped the tool in the main spindle and tried retracting in z, with out any luck.  has anyone had any luck removing a stuck capto holder from an integrex?

ok so if I use control, it wont matter what the tool rad is that I programmed with, it will use the tool data radius on the controller?  Thanks Ron, that should simplify things for sure, now I just have to go back thru all my programs, haha

Is it possible to change the tool nose radius on the controller if the operator wants to use a different insert from what I programmed, or does that have to be done in mastercam?  our machines are Mazaks.   

I guess i forgot to say it is for a quick turn lathe, and an integrex

On 3/9/2022 at 2:17 PM, crazy^millman said:

Yes, but you just have to be ware the main is moving all the time the sub is doing what it needs for the toolpath.

Yes the MT environment has stripped most of the normal milling toolpaths out of the product. 5 axis Parallel is about the closest you're going to get to Flowline. I have drawn the flowline chains using create curve flowline and then driven the toolpath using 3D contour.

I found my problem, I have to manually input my work offset before the c-axis locks and the and the 2 spindles sync

1 minute ago, crazy^millman said:

Yes, but you just have to be ware the main is moving all the time the sub is doing what it needs for the toolpath.

Yes the MT environment has stripped most of the normal milling toolpaths out of the product. 5 axis Parallel is about the closest you're going to get to Flowline. I have drawn the flowline chains using create curve flowline and then driven the toolpath using 3D contour.

well that is a great idea

Also I can not do a surface finish flowline on this machine, does anyone know why this is not an option?

That wont really be an option for this job because of bar feeder and robot.  have you had any luck getting the angles to work with the sub spindle being driven my the main?

I am having problems doing multiaxis tool paths on the sub spindle, It works fine on the main, but when I try on the sub spindle it links the main spindle and attempts to sync the main spindles and seems to output the c axis moves in reverse.  Am I missing something in the toolpath to not sync spindles and output U axis for the sub?

part transfer uses g4, does this need to be cancelled maybe?

its adding a m210 at every drill point even when not rotating c

I notice this machine seems to have a wait time for  basic toolpaths, if i drill 2 holes on the same plane it has a long paise between holes, how do i get rid of this?  

We are upgrading one of our hasps for this machine, my question is should we get the mill turn option or will we be fine with 5ax addon?  We already have mill level 3 and lathe on this seat.  The machine does not have a lower turret

Im not sure what i did to fix it, uninstalled all software that i dont use and the message went away.  I used to use a drive emulator to open iso files, thats the only emulator i can think that may have been installed. 

what is the cause of this problem?  I didnt have any problems with 2019.  I program at multiple locations, but use the same hasp and laptop at every location

I will call them

I will try to reinstall first, we only had this problem on one machine

I just installed 2021 and am getting this message?

2 minutes ago, gcode said:

Yes.. Front view shows it clearly now

If you use that file I uploaded you need to change the tip comp back to tip from center on the Tool Parameters page otherwise it will post wrong

and your operator will get a nasty surprise

 

Thats great, dont want to have to purchase 5axis just to do an undercut

If you look on right view during back plot the angle is larger and you can see if it is following the surface, i dont have my computer with me so I cant look at that file

35 minutes ago, crazy^millman said:

Okay now we are on to the real issue you are running into. I couldn't get Surface Finish Contour to work. 

Here is the file with Morph Added. 

Morph Between 2 Curves 3 Axis

That did the trick, thanks alot, got me out of a jam

I dont have the 5x option but it looks good, im going to run it. thanks

13 minutes ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

Use Flowline. Turn off all gouge checks.

Surface Finish Contour seems to be broken for Undercutting. I have used it successfully dozens of times in versions before 2017. I haven't had to do Undercutting since about X9.

I tried it just the other day in Mastercam 2020, and Surface Finish Contour was broken for doing this...

Flowline is crashing my computer, for a simple operation this is being very frustrating

its still not following the surfaces when i backplot.  it cuts the top rad fine, then just cuts a straight wall after the top rad

ucut.mcam

this is just the surface I am trying to machine