MAZATROL pink letters?

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mattador04

Plastic

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Oklahoma City

• Jan 19, 2015

• #1

Hi all,

Have a pressing question that no one seems to be able to answer....

What do the pink letters mean in Mazatrol?

I see them on the tool data screen...

I see them in the program in certain units....

What are they for? What do they mean?

 

Captdave

Titanium

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Atlanta, GA

• Jan 19, 2015

• #2

Your a sissy if you push them.............maybe I have no idea

 

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mattador04

Plastic

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Oklahoma City

• Jan 19, 2015

• #3

HAHA... I believe it has something to do with the type of turning you are doing, idk, my next move is to take a ToolingU course on the subject....

 

Philabuster

Diamond

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Tempe, AZ

• Jan 20, 2015

• #4

mattador04 said:

What do the pink letters mean in Mazatrol?

I see them on the tool data screen...

I see them in the program in certain units....

What are they for? What do they mean?

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Post a pic and series of the control so we know what you are asking about. Mazatrol controls span over 30 years so there have been many changes along the way.

This is kinda like asking about your Windows computer doing something funny and we have no clue if you are talking about Windows 3.1 or 95 or 98 or XP or Vista or Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, etc.

 

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mattador04

Plastic

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• Jan 20, 2015

• #5

Here are the pics. Sorta fuzzy, but you get the idea.

 

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Justin_Terry

Hot Rolled

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The Woodlands, Tx

• Jan 20, 2015

• #6

My guess is that it is for working on the subspindle side.

Or when mill spindle is 180 oriented

 

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mattador04

Plastic

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• Jan 21, 2015

• #7

Right, but there are cases where mill spindle is at zero degrees and im still running stuff with pink letters... idk...

 

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zak300sy

Aluminum

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NY USA

• Jan 24, 2015

• #8

Point machining x-y is not highlighted. X-C point machining is highlighted. If you're working on a newer integrex. Also the tool descriptions for hd2 will be highlighted as well.

I see you've got a 640 m pro control. Is this an early E-machine, the first generation with a true y axis? Pretty sure they only made the 640m pro for a few months before they rolled out the matrix. We've got an early e-410 with the same control.

 

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mattador04

Plastic

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Oklahoma City

• Jan 24, 2015

• #9

I don't fully understand the difference between x-y and x-c point machining... I have an idea but i think I may need some extra tutoring.... enlighten me...

 

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18my

Cast Iron

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Melbourne

• Jan 28, 2015

• #10

X and C machining uses x and c axis to machine profiles and drill holes etc without using y axis. X and Y clamps C axis at a given angle and uses x and y axis to perform the same functions as X and C.

 

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mattador04

Plastic

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• Jan 28, 2015

• #11

My idea was right, according to your explanation. It is clear now, thank you.

 

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18my

Cast Iron

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Melbourne

• Jan 30, 2015

• #12

BTW the pink highlighting is usually for when you drill or tap etc THROUGH the work piece thickness completely. It slows the feedrate down as the drill exits the back of the job.

 

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mattador04

Plastic

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• Jan 30, 2015

• #13

Ok, makes sense.