Andy Pugh <a...@...> writes: > > On 31 March 2010 05:24, Greg Bernard <yankeelena2...@...> wrote: > > > I'm thinking of a > > machine such as the Biesse Rover which would typically have 1 or 2 router > > spindles, vertical and horizontal boring heads, and grooving saw. > > How many total axes would there be? If there are more than 9 then it > gets a bit tricky. >
It's basically a 3 axis machine with multiple toolheads on the z. In practice there are really 2 modes of operation. When using the router spindle it is operating as any 3 axis mill would. Boring operations are point-to-point, ie the multiple spindle boring head moves to a position and bores a line holes. The vertical horing is arranged with the spindles in an "L" arrangement and each leg of the L is independent. In a similar manner orizontal boring uses multiple heads arranged parallel to the x and y. How to manage the point-to-point operations is where I'm scratching my head. Could the boring operations be treated as tool changes with the appropriate offsets applied or would they be considered as separate axes? It seems there would be a number of ways of handling this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
