Johnny SolidWorks
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2013
- Location
- Rochester
We're still struggling with a particular application, and because 6 axis robots is a big part of what we do, we're taking another look at using one with a home-brew spindle mounted on it to do very light machining of extremely complex geometry. When it was tried in the past, it was done without any sort of real CAM or machine programming experience, so the results were about what you would expect on complex geometry - very poor. No feed/speed control, so chip load was all over the place, tons of chatter, etc.
As I understand it, AutoDesk PowerMILL used to be Delcam? Or is still Delcam? Not real clear on that. Information on the program has been very hard to come by.
Anyone ever used it? Been around it? Seen a 6-axis robot actually do a halfway decent job in a real machining application?
As I understand it, AutoDesk PowerMILL used to be Delcam? Or is still Delcam? Not real clear on that. Information on the program has been very hard to come by.
Anyone ever used it? Been around it? Seen a 6-axis robot actually do a halfway decent job in a real machining application?