4th axis question

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morippums

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• Dec 20, 2011

• #1

I'm new to Haas and 4th axis stuff. I just recently bought a TM-1P with the 5C indexer. I'm doing OK with positioning with the 4th, drilling holes and such. But now I have a job where I want to mill around the circumferance of a part and I can't fiqure out how to write the feed rate I want. I have been experimenting in MDI and when I input an angle and feed rate say, A180000F10.0 it will just rapid to the 180 angle and seems to just ignor the feed. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.....

 

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athack

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Michigan USA

• Dec 20, 2011

• #2

You have to use a G01 to move the axis.

A0. Z.1 (start .100 above)
G01 Z-.1 F10.(plunge Z .100 DOC)
G01 A180 F20. (Move indexer 180 degrees)
G01 Z.1 F60 (Retract Up to .10 abovee)

 

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JAJS

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• Dec 20, 2011

• #3

athack said:

You have to use a G01 to move the axis.

A0. Z.1 (start .100 above)
G01 Z-.1 F10.(plunge Z .100 DOC)
G01 A180 F20. (Move indexer 180 degrees)
G01 Z.1 F60 (Retract Up to .10 abovee)

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Dony forget the decimal point at the A180.

 

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athack

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• Dec 20, 2011

• #4

JAJS,

Thanks I miss that alot.

 

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morippums

Plastic

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• Dec 20, 2011

• #5

Thank You, Thank You, that certainly makes sence. I couldn't find it anywhere in the haas rotary book that came with the machine/ indexer. It deals with using the indexer with one of the remote control boxes. I was really beginning to feel like this guy...
I will give this a go and report back....

 

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morippums

Plastic

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• Dec 21, 2011

• #6

It works, now that I understand that it is a feed move and is expressed as degrees per second. At first I didn't quite grasp that but after a little thought it makes perfect sense... Thanks again....

 

brian.pallas

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Whitehall, MI

• Dec 21, 2011

• #7

Also in your setting page you can tell the machine what dia you're working on in the 4th axis. A 20 ipm feed looks a lot different with the setting at 1" than 15".

 

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tc1999

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ID, USA

• Dec 21, 2011

• #8

brian.pallas said:

Also in your setting page you can tell the machine what dia you're working on in the 4th axis. A 20 ipm feed looks a lot different with the setting at 1" than 15".

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Good point...or just use inverse time. That way you aren't worried about your feedrate if you have a part with different diameters that you are milling.

 

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Andres

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Hawthorne, CA

• Jan 10, 2012

• #9

athack said:

You have to use a G01 to move the axis.

A0. Z.1 (start .100 above)
G01 Z-.1 F10.(plunge Z .100 DOC)
G01 A180 F20. (Move indexer 180 degrees)
G01 Z.1 F60 (Retract Up to .10 abovee)

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Makes sense to me, simple programming = ]