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If you watch the screws during this motion it really looks easy on them because they are all arcs. Slow to start and slow to stop. The sharp cornering is shocking to the screws and there is none of that in dynamic motion.
I have been using hsmadvisor and I am unsure of the sliders. How is 100% tool life determined. Is there a standard? I am cutting 6al-4v and 15-5. Dynamic paths. I usually find that 5% - 3% give most reliable cut with about 5 or more hrs in cut life. We use tsc. The calculator tells me as I near 3% sum goes up to 500-600. What do you know about this subject.
I always use a spring pass. I wonder if it is a waste of time. I am programming some ti 6al-v4 parts and I am thinking spring passes might be detrimental to tool life. I program mostly 5x trunnion work.
Thanks,
sreve austin
What I have done is create stl, save, then import to level with model curves. Then move Stl and curves together so there is geometry to dynamically translate and snap to fixtures, etc. Although I read 2019 can select edges of pmesh now.
I just moved to 2019. Today when I mirrored my part about y using local WCS, not system Top,. My planes where immediately flipped in z 180 degrees. The worst part was after I rotated them back they flipped again making all my ops go red. Is this a new functionality in 2019? I work in aerospace so I have to mirror every part I do. Has anyone seen this?
Thanks
steve A
We have 18 mills, 9 are 5 x. We make mostly air frame parts and do about 80% repeat. Its myself and to others. They are nearing retirement and don’t get in a hurry to do anything. I am younger, much more driven and was recently made lead. Hence I do most of the new work. They handle mostly re-work of vintage programs to move to newer machines. They run catia. I of coarse us mcam. Guess which software management likes better?
This program contains 2 5x drill paths 180 degrees apart. Posted separately they are fine but when posted together, when the second drill op starts it goes through part, then back up, then drills where it should. I guess this needs some 5x linking but why? This is not a criticism, I just want to understand why, and where to look out for this. My verify does not wipe out the part as it usually does with 5x crashes like this.
Thank you, Steve A
5X DRILL CRASH.MIN
5X DRILL CRASH.mcam
5X DRILL CRASH.ZIP
I modified a generic post for Okuma 3x. Been running for some time but when I use Parallel and output 3x I get this error:
pst 694 - the value of the string select selection variable is out of range: 11
pst 715 - the value of the string select selection variable is out of range: 11
I have look for some time and cannot find my error.
Thanks,
steve
OKUMA 3X 650.pst
I wish I could lock the order of ops. Every now and then my mouse holds onto an op and drags it around. I am afraid I will do this, not realize, and post-> CRASH.
Guess it's time for a new mouse!
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