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Pilot Plant Supervisor

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  1. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Shop Floor Automations does have outstanding customer service. I haven't used their DNC solutions, but I ordered one of their portable USB boxes. The sales rep. called when the order was placed, called again when we recieved it, and followed up two weeks later to make sure we were happy.
  2. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    The lighted ones I've seen were from Ingersoll. Not sure if they still make them or not.
  3. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Could it be a view issue? I have to have my geometry or solid in Top WCS and Front view with the T/C plane set to the surface I want to machine to get it to post right. (Horizontal machining center)
  4. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I would bolt the center down as suggested, then use a 3/4 4 flute carbide rougher and take it in two depths with a simple countour path. You shouldn't have any issues with chips if you use the rougher. The dynamic toolpaths work great until you re-cut chips.
  5. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    In A36 I'd just use plain ol' Allied spade drills. You could cover that range with just a couple of bodies. www.alliedmachine.com
  6. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    This button is what I'm talking about. I still haven't figured it out.
  7. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Might be the "only display selected toolpaths" button in the Operation manager. The guy I share the system with always has this pushed in and it drives me NUTS!
  8. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I bought a Zebra coalescer for our Haas EC-1600. It's been running for several months, but the jury is still out. I think it would do better, but the Haas has so many baffles in the tank that some of the tramp oil stays trapped. That said, the tank section that the pump is in is clean.
  9. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Anyone using Shop Floor Automations USB Connect device? I am looking at it for one of our Haas mills. With the RS-232 port I can't get above 19200 Baud rate to transfer programs (I assume because of the distance from the PC) and some of the programs take over an hour to send. I have Haas quoting the USB upgrade, but I'm sure the USB Connect device is much cheaper. Are they good, bad, or ugly?
  10. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I'm not saavy enough for this stuff, so on a Haas, I just mess with the corner rounding settings so it slows down in the corners lol.
  11. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I have had problems with cusps when using Surface High Speed toolpaths to rough with a ball endmill. If I use a bullnose, everything is fine.
  12. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I have been playing with "pick/pull/cut off" for some of our dual spindle work. I'm not sure if I'm using it right, but it seems to at least give me the numbers I need. I don't have a post set up yet so I have to edit the code a bit. To make it work, you have to define left and right chuck jaws in the properties tab under the machine group. i would guess that for a bar feeder, you would use stock advance.
  13. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    While reading another thread, I thought it would be interesting to see how some of you started programming. I learned the trade in the U.S. Navy, and was part of the first shipboard trials of CNC machines. The first CAD/CAM software I used was called Techsoft and it was installed on a 386DX around 1991-1992. I would have to say we've come a long way.
  14. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    If it is a TL, it has a sub spindle. Theoretically you should be able to drill with it, but it will not take much thrust to make the B axis alarm out.
  15. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Seco has one in carbide that, with the length of the cutter body, will get you there. I had to spin the shank down on mine though, as it is 3/4 all the way, and will rub the sides.
  16. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    That's it! Thanks Tony35!!!
  17. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I usually draw up the tool and find the diameter at the depth and offset with stock to leave. I was just hoping there was a better way.
  18. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Yep, that works. Now, what if I want to change the depth to -.1 (incremental) so I'm not cutting with the tip so much? Do I have to figure the diameter to enter at that depth or is there an easy way?
  19. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Thanks, I'll play with it some more.
  20. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I have been struggling with using a taper mill on a 2D contour toolpath. If I define the tool with a 10 deg. angle and .062 full radius tip and use wear comp, it comps the toolpath to the .062 regardless of what depth I use. I have to keep playing with the stock to leave to get the profile to come out right. What is the proper way to use a taper mill? It seems like when the tool is defined, it should adjust the comp at a given depth so the profile would be correct.
  21. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    I'm running MU2. I'll have to get IT to load up MU3 and see if anything changes.
  22. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Ok, both work, but I found that when using the first option, it doesn't work unless the "current attributes" button is already pushed in. If the button is not pushed in and I click it and then green check it, it doesn't work unless I also use the "select" button. Confusing no???
  23. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Thanks, I'll give that a try.
  24. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    That seems like a workaround pain in the butt. It would be nice if they gave us a button to change the level when bringing something in.
  25. Pilot Plant Supervisor
    Sometimes I have to set the minimum depth to -.001 or something below the surface of the solid to keep the tool inside the contianment.

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