On 24/09/2015 12:44, Dave Caroline wrote: > Actually this problem touches the independent axes problem that I > foresee in my sliding head lathe where an axis that will be cutting > later needs to start part way though another's coordinated move in > order to save time. > > Dave Caroline > yep i have the same problem and not just with sliding heads, with a dual turret lathe where dual path control is much needed also.
one machine had two controls linked but it seems abit of a old school way todo things now days realy. where my sliding head has dual path control. i know newer controls can have much more than 2 program paths running. we just issue !L as a wait code when we want one program to wait for the other to get to a point, other wise they run at there own pase, we use !Ln also works and easyer to keep track off in a program, is the only way when more than 2 programs are running at once. (i know fanuc use M codes todo this, above is from a Mitsubishi) everything is in one program file so no loosing one half of the program, and 1 file to send to the machine. here is a quick sample progam for reff if any one is intrested , from lathe with subspindle , power tooling, http://pastebin.com/rcbu8mVa here is a 3 path control machine in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5YovD99rNM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
