Jon is right, we were asking about areas, not simple Z and X planes. And i would prefer to make sure programming keeps the turret from crashing into the parts.
Where it get's tricky is programming to avoid the tailstock when a minimum extension of the tool from the turret can be ignored and the turret can hit the tailstock. Or the note to extend a part a minimum length from the jaws to avoid hitting them is not paid attention to. Which is the same problem with Vericut (we have it, it's ok, but it requires two proper setups, vericut has to be properly setup (i am not sure we have a licenses for all solids of the machine) and the setup on the machine still has to match the setup laid out on setup sheets as it was verified in vericut) So what we can avoid is the turret hitting the chuck and the turret hitting the tailstock if we so desire, which might be possible for larger diameter centrifugal castings (when all X moves during facing and ID turning are above the X limit to keep the turret from hitting the tailstock) and run a different configuration when running smaller parts. Even just thinking about OD vs ID tooling this is not really simple, as ID holder are mounted on the outside of the turret, increasing the turret "diameter" for those tool stations that have ID holders mounted. Considering we want to automate the machine as much as possible, i will have to report back that for now, all we have is typical soft limits, but that there is nothing in emc2 currently that would allow a different X soft limit 30 inches from Z home than what it allows 10 inches from home. Machines with a 2nd turret are then kept from the turrets crashing into each other by proper programming of the two turrets alone, or can you check if W is at a certain location (or home) before running X into the 2nd turret? thanks for all the answers, Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
