Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering
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In the mori control? I remember having this issue on the first NL I programmed. I plotted everything out and there was no reason for the alarm. Just a silly control. Would be nice if that fixed it. Josh-
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Modular vises, any recommendations?
Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering replied to Bob W.'s topic in Industrial Forum
We use toolex 4" and 6" vises for most VMC and HMC work. We even have a handful of Toolex Tombstones. Probably have 30+ Tooled vises. Breakdown and clean after every job. -
Modular vises, any recommendations?
Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering replied to Bob W.'s topic in Industrial Forum
All we buy for 4th axis rotary tables and 5axis machines is lang stuff. They just came out with a 96mm mount 3 jaw chuck. I'm using one on our MyTrunnion 5. Kick xxxx stuff. We can swap setups in under 2min. -
Yes. For some reason the NL's have random issues with IJK's for NO reason. I always run R's. Sucks but it works. Josh-
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X8-Stock Model is Broken again
Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering replied to kool's topic in Industrial Forum
Try changing your control definition to have all axes feed at max feed rate. It's a double edged sword because you won't see rapid move gouges anymore. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. I'm sure it will be fixed in the next release -
X8-Stock Model is Broken again
Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering replied to kool's topic in Industrial Forum
Its sad. I just recently changed to that "old school" method because stock model hasn't improved. It sucks when the tool you rely on so heavily is so unreliable and cumbersome. Was told CNC was working on a new engine for stock model but haven't seen it.... Other CAM softwares handle this perfectly fine. Problem with saving the stl is when doing rotary work and verify swiss cheeses your part. I'm not sure why we would expect more then what we get. -
I would call Ingersoll. They seem to know their s..... I don't see it being an issue. The insert curls the chip upward, the wiper stabilizes the material and insert, not necessarily creating downward pressure.
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I ran one in Ti-6AL at 200SFM- 0.015"FPT with multiple interrupted cuts and got a Surface finish of 6 all day every day......
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This is the best finish facemill I've ever used. 0.003"-0.005"DOC . Absolutely stunning surface finish and flatness. Can spin to the moon also... http://ecat.ingersoll-imc.com/ecat/ProductSeriesDetails.aspx?ID=16364
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The answer to all your questions is no unfortunately. Been there done that and gotten no help from cnc. Was the overcut condition on a backfeed move? I just had a backfeed cut at 75% at 500IPM with a 2" facemill. It was because my step up was 6.25%. Apparently 6% doesn't trigger the bug. I had 100% faith in the Highspeed toolpaths. Now I don't.
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Wham Bam thank you .CAM !!!
Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering replied to Incogneeto's topic in Post Processor Development Forum
Just change the file extension in your control definition. -
Colin, I think that might be the problem. It has some pretty large rotations to get the motion and I believe that first move I one line. I believe some of the others have multiple moves but maybe not enough. I also seem to recall this being a problem when I first started programming pur variaxis. Chalk it up to rookie 5 axis programming.... I believe this toolpath is a curve 5axis. I'll head into work and try cranking up the resolution. I hope that works. Thanks! Josh-
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Those are feed moves.
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Guys, I seen this on my mazak but can't remember what the fix was. This should be a flat square toolpath but instead it's digging arched trenches. Any ideas? Thanks, -Josh
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Thanks Colin. This is what I got from Kitamura: rapids Prm 1420 A=2250 deg/min Prm 1420 C=6000 deg/min feedrate Prm 1422 = 24000 mm/min max feedrate all axis Post has this line: maxfrinv : 99999.99 #Limit for feed inverse time What do i set it to? -Josh
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How do I find max velocity for my machines rotary axes? Should Kitamura be able to supply that? Thanks again, Josh-
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That sounds like a good plan. It's turned into a headache for sure. Mazak is easy to use G43.4. Fanuc not so much. It is never fun to buy options for a used machine.... Any advise for setting up the proper inverse feed time for my machine? Or should it be good with the standard 5axis post. Excuse my lack of understanding. Thanks for the help. Josh-
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IPM vs Inverse time feed is one. Should I just use inverse and skip the headaches with TCP?
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Does anyone have experience setting the correct parameters on a 16i for TCP on a table/table machine? I'm getting killed here and no help from Fanuc or Kitamura after paying for the option. -Josh
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drl_sel_tos$ is hit and miss. I used: if prmcode$ = 10027, topofstock = rpar(sparameter$,1)
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drl_sel_tos$ seemed to work fine......
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Thanks Guys. I thought I tried those but I'll give it a shot again. Colin, to capture the value of 10027 do I just place "if prmcode$ = 10027," in the pparameter$ post block? It seems I did that and got an alarm. I think this would be the best way to capture the value for other op's also. -Josh
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Top of stock value
Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering posted a topic in Post Processor Development Forum
Anyone know what parameter or variable pulls the value for "top of stock" in drill toolpaths? I can't find it anywhere in the documentation or the NCI. Thanks, -Josh -
Ranks at the lowest of any machine manufacturer we deal with. They mean well but I've had some unpleasant encounters and way too much hand holding. -Josh
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Mori and Ellison is hard to beat. We have 9 Mori's and love them all and Ellison's service is top notch. We own one Mazak and it will most likely be the last. -Josh
