Ice works great. we do it on prodution parts. the run time is alomost 35 min. we use ended up having to insulate the fixture to keep is solid during milling

The data base was the first place i went. i only saw one 304 and it was running on a c axis lathe. Jeff, I we usually run hanita, but i might give the hot mill a try. thanks, Damian

I have a part "304ss" that is very dynamic milling friendly. Anyone recomend a good .500 dia carbide em and feed/speed/stepover values. thanks, Damian

We use AMAMCO http://amamcotool.com/ here. they are pricy, but well woth it for production. We are even able to use dynamic milling paths with there compresion cutters. drills are nice to with no delam and 300-400 holes.

the control takes the G5.1 Q1 and flashes aicc at the btm. we will give it a shot today. thanks

6061 with a .750 ball em we usually prog upwards of 300 ipm on the haas while finishing. the 90's Model Awea's have a hard time with the code so we prog them at 50% of normal. It has to be a perfectly staigh cut of over 5" to get up to 130 IPM. I will try some of the other codes today. thanks for the help

Thanks for the info. I will give it a try when i get back from vacation. One more thing. the reason i ask is the control / machine is choking on code when finishing. i just did a large Lam tool about 72" x 8" and mastercam said the cycle time for the finish tool was about 11 hrs. they let it go all night long and it was only half way done the next day it ended up being 23 hrs total. The tool path was Hybrid step over set to .012 with toll set to .0004, create arcs and smooth random. the program feed was 130 ipm but the fastest i saw the it hit was about 45 imp with a lot of 20-30 ipm. Thanks for the help, Damian

Anyone knoe what the G or M code is for a Fanuc 18-M high speed / look ahead. I was told we have the option. this is for a early 90"s Awea Bridge mill. thanks, damian

its around 6k without giving act pricing

Make sure your overhead coolant is spraying the tool and spindal. this will keep chips from making it into the tool changer. second use your tool probe in the machine to check the z offset. if there is a chip then the tool will check .001-.005 longer. this is what causes the run out. damian

Peon, thanks for the imput. we have 14 machines here and they put it on one of the worst. that being said i still dont like the way it makes sharp corners. thanks, Damian

I gave hydrid a try yesterday and they ran it last night. At first the toolpath looked great, then i saw the part this mornning and was a little shocked. I looked closer at the toolpath and noticed the sharp moves it makes in the exact area of the gouges. not sure why mastercam makes such moves....but it did. is there a way force mastercam to work from the top down instead of top to btm then middle? below you will see the tool path and the finished part. .750 3fl ball em .012 step down .012 step over arc filter toll = .0004 finish = best create arcs smooth set to random points

vp of manufacturing programming manger 5 pmt's programming supervisor ( me) 4 other programmers all the PMT's want their stuff done right now. I send them to planning where the dispatch list gets made, then divide the work out depending on skill level or cross training. on the bright side i get to hand pick the work i do programs and setup sheets go to the machine shop supervisor. we review the programs after they run for changes repeat over and over and over and over agian!

Thanks guys.

Anyone know what the Fadal variable number is for the curent tool in the spindel? example Haas = #3026 hitachi-seki with fanuc = #4400 fadal = ? thanks, Damian

1 mcx file 1 model as many machine groups as needed. FYI i know this part dosnt have any lathe or 5 axis, but for futer reff make sure your lathe and or 5 axis alighment are top, top. or mastercam can frek out. e.g. you have a part that has 2 vert ops then a five axis you set up you model to top/top, but your first op may use right/right ect. then when you get to the third op you are at top/top.

x5mu1 i cant use the edge of the surface for the tool axis due to the little nubs i have to go around. i drew the geo with the nub and then projected it onto the surface. now it has a few chains that show on the wrong side. it back plot corectly but shows a gouge when using verify. any ideas on how to change the side on just 2 of them?

once we upgrade to a new relese I update all the post, mmd, ctr ect then put them on the network for everyone to copy into their sharedx5 folder. i guess if there is somthing wrong it could be the programmer changing a local copy. thanks, Damian

X5 MU1 We have 4 programmers here and two of them are having problems with H0 posting out instead of the actual tool number. We are all using a shared tool library on a network. They say it usually happens when the copy a tool path and pick a different tool. no one can force it to happen on comand, but it has happend 3 or 4 times in the last few months. Thanks, Damian

I dont mind working for a living

works fine here

i would use a combo of the above post. .250 3fl car em relive it to .200 dia and back to .650 leaving only .100 of the act cutting flute. step down from top to btm .050-.075 with a rough and finish pass on both sides at each level. we cut them up to 10" long 1.5 tall and .030 wide often.

I have always used local work cord for hz programming unless im using a mushroom fixture and the part is running on c/l of the pallet. I find that if you try and use numbers that are in model land you can really run into problems holding tight toll locations ( mainly depths as a hz comes up to temp). just finding the g54 and B location its really easy to use a dynamic work cord system like you will see below. the operators love it when and it makes for a fast setup. also this allow you to run the job on any tombstone, vise combo you have with zero re-prog. my 2 cents Damian O3311 (1F333-1H.OP1) (UNPROVEN PROGRAM) (MPMASTER HAAS EC-500) (1F333-1H.OP1.NC) (POST - HAAS EC-500) (DATE - APR-11-2011) (TIME - 10:31 AM) (****G10 INFORMATION START****) G90 M98 P9002 G10 L2 P1 X2.00 Y9.5. Z12.557 ******you find your location of G54 G65 P9018 A54. B45. C55 X.001 ****the macro will do the calc and set g55........also you can place an inc X like the x.001 G65 P9018 A54. B90. C56 Z-.002 ***the macro also sets the rest of your work cord and allows full controle in an inc style of x y or z. (****G10 INFORMATION END****) M01 M31 (T2 - MITSUBISHI-SHELL-BXD4000R0203,1.5.031C/R,PROJ 4.5) (T5 - MA FORD 135715001N .75 2F REM,1. LOC, .73 RD, 2.9 RL, 3.5 PR ) (T10 - MA FORD 13875004 .750 3F EM 1.625 LOC 2.25 PR) (T29 - .500 X 90 DEG SD, 2.25 PR) (T51 - .302 LETTER N JBR DRILL PRO 3.250) (T52 - .2055 DIA JBR DRILL PRO 2.6) (T16 - MA FORD 13825005 .250 3F EM 1.0 LOC 1.250 PR) (T53 - .250 DIA X 100 CSTK ) (T54 - #40 DRILL ) (T32 - .250 X 45 DEG CM 1.4 PR) (T55 - .3125 HSS REAMER PRO 1.75) (OVERALL MAX - Z10.) (OVERALL MIN - Z-4.6423) G00 G17 G20 G40 G80 G90 G91 G28 Z0. (FACE TOP OF STOCK) T2 M06 (MITSUBISHI-SHELL-BXD4000R0203,1.5.031C/R,PROJ 4.5) G90G10L12P#3026R0 (MAX - Z10.) (MIN - Z-4.1313) M11 (UNLOCK)

G187 P# E.# P1 = RGH P2 = MED P3 = FIN E= ROUNDING RAD

BUP = back up file