Welcome bcorey ----------------------- Wire 8.1.1

Mike, Cool website. It's getting late and my eyes are tired but I will definetly be checking it out tomorrow. Want to change my Wire post soooo bad! Thanks, Mark

_________________________________________________ having people working for ya that like working there is a must. And finding a way to motivate them without being an a$$ is the key! _________________________________________________ Amen. How to motivate? We have started Profit Enhancement Projects, PEP, where groups of management and workers get together and come up with ways to make jobs more profitable. People take ownership and really work hard to make it successfull if it is their idea. Organization reduces search and rescue missions, always looking for steel, tools, etc. Programming techniques and tweaking posts to reduce operator edits and increase "unattended" spindle time. General housekeeping (some call it 5S) to reduce clutter, just to mention a few things.

Lars, I changed my post to what you suggested and got a "Variable not defined: rapid_off" error. I added _________________________________________________ rapid_off : no #Force lead-off moves to be 'G0' rapid motions (yes/no) _________________________________________________ to General Output Settings and it did post but still had a rapid move before the G40. Hmmm, what do you think?

This is what I have: _________________________________________________ plinxy4 #Linear XY component - 4 axis direct and taper sg20code, pxout, pyout, pzout !g30code _________________________________________________ I have figured out that # means that line is a note. I don't understand how the rest of it works but would like to learn. Del, my fanuc is Pratt Whitney tape cut W1. I found a serial plate on it that says it's a 1988 model AO4B if that means anything to you. My other machine is a Charmilles 310F with a fanuc controll.

I'm using ver8.1 and mpwfanuc.pst. Why do I get a rapid move on the last line before the G40 line when I program a 4 axis wirepath? 2D contours are OK.

George, I don't have a problem with my wire (Charmilles with a fanuc control) but I have seen it on our Hitachi Seiki lathe when entering swing points and tangent points. I have ver 8.1 and can change places after decimal by: Screen Configure NCSettings # of places after decimal for NCI files Never used Esprit, what did you like about it? Mark

I helical too. I like to use a back draft style cutter. oldirish, I'd sure like to have your formula. Save me alot of time guessing! Thanks, Mark

I'm using 8.1. It works ok for me, I just want to iron out some stuff so I don't have to do so much editting to the .nc file.

Del, Welcome to the forum.What version are you using?

Ok, here goes. I've got a Charmilles wire with a fanuc control. It's got an automatic wire threader that really works well so I like to program several parts out of the same piece of steel. If the wire breaks it will go back to the last G92 it read, rethread and retrace back to the break point and start up again. I would like to post a G92 after every G0 line and before the M60. Example: G0 X1. Y1. G92 M60 I'm using ver 8.1 with MPWFANUC.PST. Seems simple but I just can't figure it out.Any thoughts? Thanks, Mark

What if we put the G92 before each M60?

Thanks,Mark

Threept82, Why does a lead out cause a problem? Can you limit the max lead out to say .020? Mark

Lars, I finally got to try it with the G92 G0 X Y on a program that cuts six parts out of one piece of steel. It reads the G92(machine changes absolute numbers) but disregards the G0(does not move to the next part). I tried moving the G92 to the end of the line: G0 X Y G92 but got the same result.No good. Mark

Excuse my ignorance but what is FTP? Mark

Lars, I have a cut going tonight but at first chance I will try it and let you know. Thanks, Mark

Lars, We generally drill core holes 1/16 under before heat treat so I drop all the slugs out and then go back and skim. Sometimes the holes are far enough off location that I get half a slug. If that's the case then I limit my servo on the rough cut, otherwise it will go around so fast where the wire is not buried that it doesn't get a chance to cut and it causes wire breaks trying to skim. Thanks for all your help, Mark

Lars, I moved the G92 and it does post out on a line by itself after G0.I program with skims in reverse. It roughs in G41, skims in G42, skims in G41 etc. It also posts G92 between skims after the G40 line. If the wire breaks it will go to the last G92 location to rethread and start over. The threader is really good on this machine but it isn't that good! Ha Ha. : N138 G40 G1 X-1.71946 Y-.11436 N140 G92 N142 S102 N144 G42 G1 X-1.69951 Y-.113 I also have a late 80's model Fanuc wire that I plug in my own settings. It has a register feature that I can save the settings to and call them back up with a S number. That's my library for that machine. I've used overlap before but I developed these subprograms for core holes so the operator on days (he doesn't program) could just plug in locations and the subprograms do everything else. I've even tried to cut holes with no slug by stepping the diameter out but it really took a long time, found it was faster to just pull the slugs out then go back and skim everything rather than machining the steel away. Do you cut core holes using contour? Mark

Lars, I do alot of core holes too. I have a generic 1" diameter hole program with "line" lead in/out and I use the machine to scale it to the size I want. I have been moving to the location of the hole, rough-drop the slug-3skims. To get rid of the line I have been rotating each skim 90. I have developed subprograms to do all this scaling and rotating for me. Do you do core holes the same way? Thanks, Mark

Lars, I tried changing the post and now get: G92 G0 X1. Y1. M60 Will this do the same as having: G0 X1. Y1. G92 M60 I do have libraries set up but in a different way. I have libraries for "in the slot" which does: Rough-# of skims-drop the slug for cores. And "in the open" that does: Rough-drop the slug-# of skims for pockets. I actually set my power settings at the control with the techno page. The library calls up 101,102,103,104. I have been taking notes of settings I used, sizes I acheived and time it took on the set up sheets so I can refer back to them on similar jobs. Is this kind of what your are doing in explore? Thanks, Mark Image shack? I'll give it a try. Thanks, Mark

Lars, I got it work! I've been trying to do all that in one operation and one power setting library. I ended up making a power setting library and two operations on each pocket. First operation roughes pocket 1 leaving a tab. Second operation roughed and dropped slug out of pocket two. Third operation dropped slug out of pocket one and skimmed it. Forth operation skimmed pocket two. Now I can start my program, come in the next day and drop both slugs and kick off the skim passes. My machine has an automatic rethread if the wire breaks. It goes back to the last G92, rethreads and dry runs back to where the wire broke and starts again. I have been manually putting in G92 after every G0 line. I would be thrilled to get my post to do that for me (it doesn't take much to get me excited), can you help me with that too? I tried to use photobucket.com but am blocked by "Surfcontrol". Thanks, Mark

Lars, I didn't get back to EDM tonight, but I'll try it tomorrow. It looks like you have version 9, is the post the same as version 8? I like how you posted an image of your screen. How do you do that? Mark

Lars, Yeah, that's what I was doing but it puts the "S" code on the wrong line. I change the geometry I want to cut to a different color and put a point on the wire start hole. Then I use "window" to create the wire path, masking the color. I window each pocket in the same operation. I select a power setting from my library that calls up stuff for roughing, dropping the slug then skimming which is applied to both pockets. Then I tried changing S101, S102, S103 to S201, 202, 203 on the second pocket using the "change at point" "control setting". Its putting the change on the point preceding the one I pick. It seems so simple but no matter which point I pick it will not put the S at the start of the contour, closest I can get is after the G41 line. I'm baffled. Mark

Thanks for the help. I was trying to "change at point" but could not get it to put the change in the correct place. I think you deserve some time off! Mark