Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] GE 1050CM control

I'm not thinking that the control IS a PC! How would one transfer a 2 Gb
.nc file to the Linux computer? The file would be generated in MasterCam or
similar cadcam software.

Gus

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Elson" <elson@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 1:57 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] GE 1050CM control


> Harlan Gustafson wrote:
>
> > Will EMC accept "dripfeeding" of complex 5-axis code with minimal
following
> > error at say 50 IPM? Can a tool changer be programmed? This machine
has a
> > sixth axis parallel to the Z-axis for positioning the entire head of the
> > machine. Can EMC handle this additional axis for positioning only?
>
> No. Dripfeeding is a holdover from NC machines that didn't have any
> computer in them at all, or very limited memory. Dripfeeding should
> only be seen in the Smithsonian!
>
> When you have a 1 GB+ disk on the computer running EMC, dripfeeding
> sounds like a bad joke. It also makes lookahead impossible, and that is
one
> of the best features of EMC.
>
> There are ways to handle a toolchanger, but they are not "plug and play"
> at all, at this point. There are some people working on it.
>
> Yes, in the way the extra axis (really a W axis, parallel to and in
addition
> to the normal Z) would normally be used, when the other axes are not
> moving, EMC could certainly handle this.
>
> Jon
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