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I was making parts for a company and the guy called and said where are they. I said we're working on them and he said"what does that mean, you haven't started them yet?"
So I said yes.
Im doing a part in a 520 pc4 that is a swarf cut in A axis which does a 180 degree unwind at A0.
it leaves a tiny raised edge at this point. it can easily be smoothed but am wondering if it can be made better. im using g131 f3 and the slider is on max precision.
the other alternative is to break it up but i would have to conventional cut one direction .
You can do it in the tool manager from the main control.
On our 850 with 60 tools I added 30 for a job. I go in unload the data for the tool I'm taking out and load in the data for the tool I'm putting in. Then put a tool tag on it. You can only load it into a free pot.
I call up tool zero because if you unload the tool while it's in the spindle it won't recognize it untill after a tool change
What does the ptool_inpection look like?
Personally i would copy some of the ptoolcng block so it re issued everything. This way if for some reason somebody goes to start the program from there it's going to have the right tool and the spindle.
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