On Sunday 28 February 2010, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: >Hi >I run cylindrical grinder Okuma and i know that there will be problem to >run cylindrical grinder with EMC2. >Problem is that cylindrical grinder will use special and unique for >cylindrical grinders cycle code and EMC2 doesn't have that. I grind >ceramics with diamond wheel and material removal per pass 0.0003. so, >without special cycle code it will be difficult to write point to point >program ( program will be very long in compare to standard grinding cycle >) >maybe CAD/CAM can help but i never used CAD/CAM for grinding. > Subroutines that can increment the variable by .00025" a pass are well within emc's capabilities. I have one 90 line program that sharpens table saw blades, takes it around 3 days to run. Generally, I am not in a hurry as long as it gets done before I fall over, and I'm 75 now...
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