Are any of the operations transforms or changing planes by any chance? I have had some weird things happen in my stock models in both scenarios. Creating intermediate stock models usually fixed this for me. Except for one job where I had a lot of transforms for multiple parts using a STL as my original stock. I would trust verify more than the stock model. 

Also, the proficiency of your inspection department comes into play. I have tied up 6 pallets waiting on inspection.

If you have some production, then yes I agree, it works well. 

The big trend I have seen with salesmen is to push high quality multi pallet HMC's to replace multiple lower quality VMC's. There is a time and place for it. 

But, If all you do is low quantity runs for .gov customers that require first article inspections, your HMC will sit without production. In that scenario, I will take 4 spindles to one everyday that ends in Y. 

Is it a fixed head or can you tool change the head? If its easy to tool change, you can get a star probe and probe it vertically.

Cold water when you wash as well.

We buy them from a local supplier, they are Lenox blades and are 300 bucks.

It will depend upon your post. If you are using a MPmaster post, its very easy. 

 

 

This is what I did. I wrote my post to handle 19 different machines. When you hit post, a popup box appears asking you to select the machine: and, after that, another pop up for the programmer.

How do you handle different control/machine definitions?

It should be done with G93, there is no other way to get accurate feed rates on a 4th axis cut on a Haas VMC. Its not like its a FANUC and you need to have the option turned on.....you have it. 

I don't know the actual cost, I can find out Monday. But, I know its justifiable for our company because we only cut G10 with them. We have them for both our manual and automatic saws.

http://www.starrett.com/saws/saws-hand-tool-products/band-saw-blades/carbide-diamond/advanz-dg

I will get the correct one we order monday, I really don't think they are too bad cost wise and they last. I used to weld them back up and stay away from the diamond when they would break for over feeding. 

For sawing get a grit blade, works awesome. 

90 percent of the machines are 5 years old or less. All but 4 have Ethernet. The issue is IT and not granting access. 

They are all networked with RS232 on Predator. Because of how long the cables are, a 500 kB file can take 30 minutes to download to some of the machines, if the control has the memory for it. If not it goes on a card or rs232/usb DNC at the machine. The fix is obvious, both predator and the machines support Ethernet. I even tested a machine via my laptop and FTP to make sure there were no issues.

Anything I can do to make less code I do. 

The issue was caused by G171 when he was doing a manual hole pick up. 

My argument was for file size. The only time I have seen a clover made out of a hole is because a "programmer" had his arc setting wrong. This has been the case in IJK and R value usage. 

File size is very big deal to the shop I work at, with no data servers, 2Mb onboard max, and the amount of hand holding it takes to put files on cards. 

How can you get an arc error of a few thousandths, with an arc tolerance of .001 or less in the controller parameter? 

I maybe incorrect, this information was coming from a salesman....

However, there are many similarities between our old Hardinge machines and new Feelers.

Dynamic tool paths too long.......filter the code. I had a million line tool path today...filtered it and it came out less than 20k lines.

edit: that was not the only trick to reduce the file size. 

The only issues I have seen with R values is incorrect control definitions in Mastercam. I will take the smaller program files any day. No problem here interpolating holes within +/- .0002. 

I would be more worried if your new Matsuura Horizontal would in fact be a Matsuura and not a Quaser.  I have been impressed with this latest import of Quasers (Feeler). But, after dealing with Hardinge (Quasers) a few years back. I don't know if I would spend Japanese Iron money on one. 

What size machine are you looking at? 

Big fan of Matsuuras BTW, there is a reason shops still have them after 30 years. 

The problem I have with Helical's calculator, it does not allow you to adjust step over. Its a good ballpark and I have had good results using the conservative speeds/feed using the Volumill tab. 

It is also not the same shift for every offset, it varies by a few tenths.

He says his G92 use is directly from the FANUC book. Right now we are running, it is just the absolute display that is showing incorrectly, the machine positions are correct. He is going to look into using measure points rather than work coordinates. Thanks for the replies.

My father runs the EDMs at my work and is having this issue. Any input would be awesome, as we are at a standstill.  I believe its a Fanuc 31i-wb

 

 

 

 

I've got a week or more running parts and have not noticed problem until today.

 

Fanuc wire EDM 31i

 

I have 4 indentical  parts, on fixtures, using G55 Thru G59, with pickup hole in fixture

 

for each work coordinate.

 

Program has an optional stop at origin of each, this gives place to check machine values before

 

running part(s).  all was well.

 

Maybe, and I mean maybe I dumbthumbed a G10 L -- P-- X-- Y--  trying to write a work coordinate 

 

through programming, all to no avail.

 

Now when I  G0G90G55X0Y0  my display on absolute  is X.00169, Y.00067 ??

 

There is no "shift" in offset P0.   I use G92  at wire thread location.

 

I use G54P9999 to cancel G92 before proceding to next work coordinate.

 

A simple program,  G0G90G55X0Y0 and machine does not go to proper work coordinate position

 

by the same .00169,.00067  

We didn't even make it a full year since the last one