How old is the lathe? I have a 1989/1990 vintage lathe that had a Siemens 880T on it.
I have never heard of a Siemens 6T control. Perhaps it is "really" old? The Siemens CNC part numbers usually started with "6" and the drives usually started with a "6" also - as in 611 drives etc. But I don't think they had much in common with anything Fanuc at the time. Big thing to check regarding a vintage conversion is whether or not the drives are any good and if the motors have resolvers or encoders on them. My lathe has encoders on the motors. However some Siemens servo systems much later than 1990 still used resolvers. Dave On 3/18/2012 2:57 PM, Roger Holmquist wrote: > I got a task from my coming boss and that is to configure an old > Storebro 160 Lathe running Sinumerik 6T. > There is an issue about resetting the coordinate system to the > workpiece and doing tool compensation setup. > He also told me the Siemens system should be the same as a FANUC 6 ? > > Anyway, manuals for the system would be nice to have as that should > be the reason for the problem, maybe someone have a link or can point > in some direction? > > BTW, what about such a machine as a LinuxCNC target, don't know much > about it's features right now... > > / Roger > > PS > Viestus, thanks for your reply, I Guess you found my link who might > explain my cryptic statement about non-CNC-territory ;-) > DS > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
