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Another parellel retainer...... I ended up using a hose clamp bent into a "W" for holding my parallels in place. It was one of those time when that was the only thing I had laying around when I needed something in a rush.... that was 15 years ago, and it's still in my tool box....
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Is there a way I can retrieve the cycle time from the machine simulation rather than from backplot? The machine simulator time is much closer to what my actual machine time is. I'm using an active reports setup sheet that retrieves the backplot cycle time currently, but I would love to be able to point it to the simulator cycle time and retrieve that data instead.
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Tool crib management software recommendations needed.
headhunter replied to danielm's topic in Industrial Forum
We're using Cribmaster. I haven't had the chance to learn much about the actual workings of it yet, but our tool crib attendant likes it. It allowed us to setup bins and define each for what we need, so we're not stuck with the vending machine approach. -
Great! thanks guys. I'll see what I can do with it.......
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Hoping to get some help from somebody who has worked with this material before. I'm quoting a part out of Inco 625. I've never machined Inconel before, so I'm learning as I go. I have several holes to drill and tap, and ream, and a few counterbores to mill. Mostly in the 1/4" to 1/2" diameter range, but I do have a couple of holes that are .070 diameter X 2.1" deep. Whats a good starting point? HSS, or carbide? I'm guessing carbide. It's got a high nickel content, so I'm guessing work hardening is going to be a factor.
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edited... Nevermind, I was in the contour ramp menu, not helix bore...
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MIght be oversimplifying what you want, but you can go to file/properties and there is a field in there for file descriptors
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I was having the same problem. It went away after I updated the driver for the video card. So far, so good after about 2 weeks or so.
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1min, 37 sec. Intel Xeon 2.66GHz x 2 6.00GB RAM Windows 7, 64 bit
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Does anyone know what is causing this? I made a setup sheet template in ActiveReports for X5 that was working well, but when I upgraded to X6, the report generates a "SJV" in front of the manual entry for my setup instructions.....
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That did it Thanks!
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I came in from the weekend to a new computer. X5 and X6 were already loaded up on it. (Thanks to my IT guy ) So, I think I got everything migrated over except needing an updated license for one of my post processors. I'm still using X5 until I get that new license but I am getting a couple of error messages now in X5 when I post. The program posts fine, but not before I get these two error messages. Anyone know what I can do about them?
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My config was on the old machine that crashed..... I know, lesson learned..... When I open the "holder" tab in the op manager, the library is still there, and the tools I defined are still listed in the library though...
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My computer crashed hard this morning We had another machine, so we replaced the bad one with the newer one. I had to reinstall MC (I'm still running X5 mu1). Now when I open up a file I have already worked on, all the tool holders are no longer defined. Is there anyway I can get that back? I figured that would have been saved with the file like all the rest of the stuff......
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What type of material do you cut?
headhunter replied to BenK's topic in Machining, Tools, Cutting & Probing
We're somewhere around 50% graphite, 40% molybdenum, and the other 10% is pure tungsten, 304ss, 6061, boron nitride, various plastics. In my corner of the shop, There's 4 DMG 5 axis mills, but we also have Mori Seiki 3 axis mills, and couple of Sharps, as well as Doosan, Mori, and DMG lathes. -
Sent you a PM.
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I wonder then if you could modify the tool report to add in the info you need and just run a tool report instead? I'm sure there's a number of ways to do it. Just something to think about.
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Good suggestion... I might have been going the long way about it!
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When you open up the Designer, there is a tab at the bottom that says "script". Click on that and you can cut/paste that into that field. I'm attaching a couple of screen shots too. You'll have to setup the main report to look for the subreport, and have the subreport in the report directory.
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You can call it in as sub report. You have to write in some custom code for it though. As far as I've been able to tell, that's the only way to make it happen. This is how I brought mine in.... public void ActiveReport_ReportStart() { DataDynamics.ActiveReports.ActiveReport sbrpt = new DataDynamics.ActiveReports.ActiveReport(); sbrpt.LoadLayout("C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Documents\\shared mcamx5\\common\\reports\\SST\\-tooldetail.rpx"); this.tooldetail.Report = sbrpt; }
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It can be customized by opening up the Active Reports Designer. It takes a little messing around with to figure out where to pull the info from for your report. There should be a tutorial as well, but you may have to get that from your reseller.
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Wow, will do on the .png conversion. That's a lot bigger than I expected.... Yeah it will input the comment where ever you have it in the op manager. The way I set my setup sheet up was to use the manual entry field at the end of all the toolpaths. I'd put all my setup notes in a manual entry, but use the comments in the toolpath parameter page for any tool-specific info I needed.
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You should be able to locate the manual entry section in the menu on the right side of the Designer then drag and drop it where you need. crop.bmp
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Done.
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I agree with gcode. We roll form in 304 pretty frequently with no troubles. We use OSG taps here, and Mike O Cut tapping oil. Generally we run about 500 RPM on it. But again, hole size is critical.
