Re: GE 1050CM control

Hi,

I'm testing Mach1 with my 5-axis mill with promising results.
Mach1 is the successor to Master5 and is still in it's pre-release
Alpha stage and runs under Windows XP.
see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Master5/

How are you generating your 5-axis toolpaths ? I'm working on some
basic scripts to do this for my own machine.

Rab



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Harlan Gustafson" <accellodyne@n...>
wrote:

> Jon:
> You've got me thinking EMC or other modern "soft" control program.

Is EMC

> the way to go or are there other packages that would be better or

easier?

> Even if they are not freeware? I've heard about "OpenCNC" but that

is

> expensive($15k for 5-axis). How about Master5, Win PCNC, AHHA, or

TurboCNC?

> I'm a C programmer and I really don't want to have to reinvent the

wheel

> but if I have to I'd rather do it in the public domain with help

hopefully

> from people like you and Ray Henry. So, maybe EMC is the way to

go. What

> does anyone else think?
> Thanks,
> Gus
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Elson" <elson@p...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] GE 1050CM control
>
>
> > Harlan Gustafson wrote:
> >
> > > Jon:
> > > I have been pondering what you said about the use of a GE

1050 to

> > > machine 5-axis simultaneous. I misled you when I said 250

IPM!! It

> should
> > > be 25 IPM!!! I have two machines that I use daily with Fagor

8025

> > > controls. The feed rate code for the Fagor is "F250" which

means 25.0

> IPM.
> > > Oops, I forgot that little decimal point!
> > > Anyway, all I really need would be 25, maybe 35 IPM max 5-

axis

> > > simultaneous. Do you think the GE would do that?
> >
> > I have absolutely no way of knowing. I sort of doubt it, just

from the

> vintage,
> > but it is possible. If you could accept poor following error

even at 25

> IPM,
> > an Allen-Bradley 7320 (about the same vintage) could do it, but

it would

> > be VERY sluggish by today's standards. The AB had a 100 Hz servo
> > update rate with up to 6 axes. I'm using a 1000 Hz servo update

rate on

> > the PC control with EMC, and the machine is a lot snappier.
> >
> > I would really suggest you don't put much effort at all into the

GE 1050,

> as
> > it wil likely require a lot of maintenance. My AB broke down 3

times in

> > 6 months. I would have been in BIG trouble if I couldn't have

fixed it

> > myself.
> >
> > The missing decimal points is another thing. How many broken

tools is

> > that going to cost you. I made a number of mistakes when I

worked with

> the
> > AB, which also worked without decimal points.
> >
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