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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Unusually long pauses

Posted by Hoyt McKagen
on 2003-04-25 18:06:49 UTC
This sounds like processing time to me. I see somewhat the same thing when
I run arcs. I'll bet it's the longer and bigger ones.


At 02:07 AM 4/25/03 -0400, you wrote:
>That's all too weird, but let me suggest...
>
>Since you have EMC so conviently located on the same PC, boot into that
>and run the same file. If it still screws up suspect the PC hardware,
>although I cant think of a failure mode off hand that would just slow it
>down and not scrap the part. If I was a bettin man I would bet it won't
>screw up under EMC.
>
>M
>
>logiccooling wrote:
>> My mill has been "pausing" for 3-7 seconds before some, but not all
>> G02 and G03 curves while cutting. I'm wondering why this is
>> happening. At first I thought that it was a problem with the
>> programming of the NC file, but after carefully studying them by
>> hand, I have found no apparent reason that it should.
>>
>> A quick run-down of my computer:
>> PIII 850 with 512 MB RAM
>> Running DOS 6.2 and TurboCNC
>>
>> I'm running Camtronics 600 oz.-in. servo motors and Gecko G320s.
>> Using a 36V, 20A Iota Power Supply
>>
>> Does this sound like a hardware or a software problem? The NC files
>> appear to have no reason to pause, and the mill runs great with G00
>> and G01 codes, but sometimes in code that has G02 and/or G03 curves,
>> it has unusually long pauses, much longer than is needed to take up
>> the backlash in the leadscrews. Is my computer not fast enough to
>> run this? Do I need more "processing horsepower" to calculate the
>> movement for curves quickly?
>>
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