Re: WHAT IS WANTED IN A CONTROLER

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "dpontes02745" <dpontes02745@y...> wrote:

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>
> I am a FANUC 6T operator on a IKEGAI FX25N LATHE, the lathe is
> FAST!. Fred is right, if you think it is going to hit the chuck,
>most
> of the time it is too late, rapid is like grease lighting! As for
> what is wanted in a PC based controler,I like to see a pulse
> genrator,feed hold, offset list,etc. EMC, I feel comes very close
>to
> the FANUC 6T control program, and as some of you know out there,
>each
> machine has its own set buttons for certain apps. I have a servo
> products mini mill, rebuilt the machine with a PC based
>controler,and
> would like to see the same items to my own machine as that is at
> work.
>
> Setups without offsets,pulse gen. is a long drawn steps of
> returning to the begining fo the program, to see where your errors
>are
> in a home hobby controler,as compaired to the FANUC control, where
> you can call blocks, work only on that block in a setup of one tool
> at a time,without a CRASH!
>

David,
AHHA is closer to a Fanuc than EMC. True it has no pulse gen but it
has feed hold, offset list and it's own macro language.
It can also run a lathe with spindle encoder threading.
Most people think it's limited to steppers but it can use servo's as
well quite easily. There has been a lot of full sized VMC's converted
here in the UK with all these features and up to 40 station tool
changers also brought into the program.
So far it's the only lower end package I have seen that's been fully
accepted into an industrial application running 24/7.
The spin off is that this same package is also available for hobby
use.

John S.