Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Was: Linear rail, accuracy in general

> is called "adaptive" machining, which is a huge buzzword in the
> metalworking industry lately... It means what it says, the machine
> has the ability to adapt to variations measured, and make corrections.

///Not long until the machine revolt now. It'll be like short circuit all
over again.

> As someone else mentioned, this is now done with very precise probes
> and lasers,etc.. Someone else mentioned that before this "in process
> inspection/probing" (another buzz term), tool offsets were updated
> every so many parts, or hours... This is an older process, and can be
> seen in even older G code, which has/uses G44-48 for increases to the
> tool offset(s).

///I read that the final stages are polishing, not milling, to get it down
to the last few 'cents. Does it mean polishing with a metal tool, not the
kind of polishing you think of when you do your car? When you program a
machine like a spanking new Haas that has a big tool changing on it does the
person doing the drawing have to tell the machines when to change tools or
can they work it out for themselves from details about the tool? Also who
makes these micron (Metric micron) level machines?

Thanks,
John H.