> Well - I'd love to see a Fanuc 16/18/21 do as you ask. > the philips control on our DSG has a crude form of it if you do a run from line. it will run through the program doing no moves setting its self up checks if tool is in right turret location loads up spindle speed & gear range loads the tool offset in turns on coolant when needed. etc
but any real world IOs like bar feed etc are skipped and presumed to have happened so you still need your wits about you when you use it. and it will still take the straight line approach to get there so no safe in and out move so its still very wise to pick your restart point carefully there are many many unknowns to take into consideration if you ask me. i always like to feel i am driving the CNC, not the CNC driving me. > On the other side we have companies which refuse to do any employee training. > - The state of CNC technology offers several different ways to cope with > different production issues - are all the employees on the same page? > hi greg, places here you find have done the same some just employ the button pushers as i call them. part loaders then there a handful guys that setup the machines then as you say you go the other way where shop is full of skilled bodies that do online programing and all i think it depends what type of work you are doing if its high tech low volumes, or mass production where thats all the machine ever does is make that one part. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
