Sentry128
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2012
- Location
- Tampa, FL usa
Got our first brother R450X1 and really like the machine. Spent time figuring out all the differences from our other brands in the shop (Haas, Okuma, and Mori) and got everything pretty well setup and our cam spitting out ready to go code. We ended up creating a switch in our cam to use M265 for roughing and M260 for finishing and have been happy with the results.
Now to my problem, I utilize max tool loads on the other brand machines as a safety to catch inserts that chip or to know when a end mill is about to give up the fight. Brother sold me a separate box that I found out later can only be programmed to look for no tool load (I guess for parts loaded twice in high production situations) but does nothing for my situation. So I did not have it installed and was wondering if someone out there using these machines, knows a way to trigger a alarm if a max tool load is reached and set a separate limit for each tool? I feel like there has to be some creative way to do this and I am always eager to learn new stuff.
Thanks in advance for any replies!
Now to my problem, I utilize max tool loads on the other brand machines as a safety to catch inserts that chip or to know when a end mill is about to give up the fight. Brother sold me a separate box that I found out later can only be programmed to look for no tool load (I guess for parts loaded twice in high production situations) but does nothing for my situation. So I did not have it installed and was wondering if someone out there using these machines, knows a way to trigger a alarm if a max tool load is reached and set a separate limit for each tool? I feel like there has to be some creative way to do this and I am always eager to learn new stuff.
Thanks in advance for any replies!