OK, so it wasn't as private as I intended .. sorry everyone ... On 3/15/2010 12:11 AM, Dave wrote: > Hi Steve, > > You sent me that EMC2 post for Featurecam a while back and that is > working out fine. Thanks. > > I ran into an unexpected problem with Featurecam the other day. We > installed another copy on my customers machine and when we moved the .fm > file from one machine to another, in one case it totally trashed the > tool table. I didn't even realize it until the lathe that was running > the code did a tool change to an empty turret position and then since > all off the offsets were zero the machine fortunately stopped. > > Have you had any problems moving Featurecam files from machine to > machine? I haven't checked out the Featurecam website yet, but I was > really surprised when this happened late last week. > > Other than that, Featurecam has been working great. > > Dave > > > > On 3/14/2010 9:01 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > >> On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:59:40 -0500, you wrote: >> >> >> >>> If the existing robot control already works, then there is no sense in >>> trying to control that with EMC2 directly. >>> >>> I'd tie EMC2 together with the robot controls via digital I/O, or the >>> Modbus interface via Classic Ladder. The interface should be pretty >>> simple and consist of just a few handshake lines. >>> >>> Lathe Output -> Ready to load -> Robot input >>> Robot output -> Release Chuck -> Lathe input >>> Lathe output -> Chuck Released -> Robot input >>> Robot output -> Part ready to chuck -> Lathe input >>> Lathe output -> Chuck clamped -> Robot input >>> Robot output -> Robot clear of lathe -> Lathe input >>> Lathe output -> Lathe busy -> Robot input >>> >>> >> I'd agree with Dave here. >> >> >> >>>> Request for a price quote from a potential client ended with a >>>> revelation to me that i have to find a way to decrease the production >>>> cost and that involves also reduction of labor time. >>>> >>>> >> You're right in my bread and butter zone here<G> >> >> Firstly I'd look at the lathe code, see if it can be improved on, then >> look at the feeds/speeds and tooling and see if that can be improved >> within the capabilities of the machine. The crossing point for >> production speed to cost is the secret. It's sometimes more cost >> effective to run slower and tooling last longer than to run flat out >> with increased tool/machine wear and more frequent insert replacement. >> >> Any good CAM program should be able to optimise the code, but I still >> find I can shave a little off any CAM programs job times manually. >> Whether they can recoup my charge for doing that within their job cycle >> lifetime is their problem ;) >> >> Steve Blackmore >> -- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >
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