GREG
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I recall seeing an aftermarket or add on to help control shop floor documentation from within mastercam. Any idea where to find this again or links to other software would be appreciated. Cheers
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hello all Im currantly trialing a 5 axis post from our dealer for a mazak Vortex with fanuc control. My question is why would I need to input tool length when posting.The post has an option not to but tool paths at the machine are differant. I'm wondering if this is a machine option or parameter. Its a second hand machine so not much help from machine supplier available. Any enlightenment would be much appreciated. Cheers
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We have 4 DMU 50e with TNC 430 controls. If its down to 2 options get the Micron. We call our Deckels the Tampons Good for three weeks , big trouble for one. Cheers
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Thanks Scott I looked there first and there is nothing. Cheers
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Help Can anyone supply me with a drawing for a Cat50 Mazak thru coolant pullstud for our new Vortex machine. Seems bloody hard to get info here as its seems to be a USA spec. I,m after the thru coolant detail more than anything. If it can be e-mailed or put on FTP site it would be much appreciated. Cheers.
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Hello All Ran a high feed cutter recently with great sucsess but some one mentioned that they shouldn't be used on machines with ceramic bearings. Any Comments or correct infomation would be appreciated. Cheers
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What was so funny about Toms picture. Cheers
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Hello all Can the geometry for this type of insert endmill be input some how. If yes will Mastercam use the geometry when processing toolpaths. Tried a few options with facemill but its not happening for me. Cheers
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Howdy Sike Im here is Brisbane also. I'll email you and give me a call sometime. Cheers
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Oh to be able to tell the QA people something. I dream of such a world. Thanks for the replys. We are using good quality drills capable of H7 tolerance holes that are checked regulary and for the most part we are producing good quality tapped holes that gauge fine. Its the grey area between a perfect thread to the engineers book ( QA ) and what is actualy practicle in a production inviroment. Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers
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Hello All We are starting to use roll form taps a lot more on materials other than aliuminium. (stainless, copper,steel,tool steel ect.) No problems with the taps or tool life, in fact much better results than with cut taps but not achieving core diameter even though thread gauges OK with NO/NoGo gauge. QA are all over this and we are scrapping good parts in my opinion. Can anyone point me to a procedure / tolerances to measure internal roll form threads or any other infomation that may help. Cheers
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When you hit end button on key board does the graphics start spinning around or is it a quirk on our system. Cheers
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PSB/PST/TXT
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DMU 50e TNC430 control Its our new 5axis post
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Thanks Steven v9.1 sp2 Its a new post from our dealer , not sure what its based on.
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Hello all What should I be looking for in our post to make tool call modal or non modal. Only want tool call at start of program,its posting a tool call for each operation altough its using the same tool. Thanks in advance Cheers
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It was the CNC reg needed to be reset for some reason. Cheers
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Hello all The file get menu box for some reason has shrunk a bit so not all buttons available. V9.1 SP2 Rebooted ect Can anyone help before reinstall has to happen. Thanks
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Dave Probably easier, quicker and cheaper to make a punch and make them yourself. Then you could send me some for the help you just received. Cheers
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Hello all What parameters can be changed to give a more accurate indication of cycle time thru backplot. I know you can change toolchange time but we are looking to get cycle time to within 5% of actual machining time. If its a more than basic post mod can anyone offer this service , if so please e-mail me. Thanks
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A pellet change half way thru then back again. My machine wont allow this cycle , alarms out , switchs off and takes a couple of weeks to get going again.
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Has anyone played around with the parameters in the GI control. We are trying to machine parts faster but the control is not allowing machine to reach programmed feed rates.The parts have a reasonably loose tolerance so if we can relax GI control parameters cycle time should come down a little. Cheers
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Our Ideas does not export .X_T. Since first posting we seem to get best results using .IGS with flavors set to UG. Thanks
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Hello All We need to be able to import files from Ideas and keep original surface colors. The customer is using color as a guide to specific detail on the model. We do not have solids but would this help. Tryed many iges flavors with no luck. Would step work if we had the translator and is there a Ideas translator for Mcam. Thanks in advance
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DavidB You hit the nail on the head. 2 seats of Powermill 5 arrive today for that exact reason. If support is hard to get in Melborne you should see what its like here in Brisbane. Mastercam is here to stay as it cant be betten for our production type work and we dont need the support. 5 axis components need skilled support and a great post ,both are saddly lacking here. I would really like to see what Mcam can do for us if we had the technical support that appears to be available elswhere. Might get to the US later this year to have a look. Cheers