On 01/29/2020 12:27 AM, Chris Albertson wrote:
The topic came up because someone asked if anyone was using LinuxCNC for
large scale work. No one raised their hand. Why are they not using
LinuxCNC to make transmission parts at the Toyota factory? It seems to be
powering a few one-man shops and some hobby projects.
I met a guy from Sweden that has a 9-man shop, all machines
ran the old EMC2 back then.
At one time, Stuart Stevenson was part of MPM in Wichita,
they had several machines running
EMC2 (later LinuxCNC) on "Big Iron" (videos have been posted
previously). He has now left MPM
and has his own shop a short distance away.
I recently met our documentation expert (John Thornton) and
all his shop runs on LinuxCNC.
Dewey Garret does ornamental wood carving with LinuxCNC as a
commercial business.
I can't point you to any other specific sites, but I know
there are a bunch of commercial shops
using it.
Now, big manufacturers like Toyota, GM, Honda, etc. want to
buy turnkey machines for auto manufacturing.
But, in fact, almost all that work is done by custom
machines such as rotary transfer machines, that are
purpose built to make one specific part in incredible
volume. They probably do ZERO actual part manufacturing
on traditional mills and lathes.
Jon
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