I think he is asking what the parameter is to turn on HSM.

Ah yes those pesky photo sensors. I've "heard" of people removing those so they don't have those problems I could have sworn I heard that Race Face just went out of business and was up for auction, did you used to work there or did I hear wrong?

No, big plus is added material to the spindle and tool holder, running a big plus holder in a standard spindle will be fine, but offer no advantage as no contact will be made on the spindle face to tool holder face.

Matsuura 500mm 3 axis vertical Matsuura 500mm 3 axis vertical with pallet changer Matsuura 400mm pallet 4 axis HMC, 27 pallet cell system Mazak sqt10ms, live tooling, sub spindle, Flex gl50 gantry loader Automated tig and plasma welding equipment

Nice, what was your axial depth of cut?

Niigatas are really nice machines, definitely check your area for service and support, it might not be as bad as some people make it sound, but it could be worse as well so definitely investigate. For the most part though having the manuals should be good enough to fix nearly anything, most of the high end Japanese builders use common switches, bearings etc. If the machine was well maintained and comes with or can have a complete set of manuals available I would not be afraid. I have to agree with JMC in regards to the Matsuuras, we have a couple verticals and a Horizontal from them, top notch build quality, service and support.

Why is your spindle air blow not working during the toolchange? Are the chips on your taper from buildup on the spindle nose, or from other parts like the tool change, door or magazine? Either way you need to get those chips off your tapers. I would not recommend shooting coolant at the face of your spindle, that is going to decrease the life of the seal on the spindle nose, even if it is equipped with air blow around the spindle nose during operation. Gage cuts in any sort of production is a waste of time, get your process dialed in, get your machines cleaned up and functioning correctly and put out more pcs/hr!

Nakamura is a top shelf builder, it doesn't get much better when talking MTM. The NTY series machines have a very good reputation.

You need to check your manual for minimum lube QTY and and interval, do not go below factory recommended specs even if they seem high to you. Its better to use more then less lube.

Bummer, so was it Matsuura or Yasnac saying this is NLA?

Hi Mark, I am wondering if you got pricing and availability for this Yasnac i80 option. I just purchased Mastercam and an HMC with Yasnac i80 and may be interested in doing the same.