Tom3197
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- Dec 21, 2008
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- Cincinnati
Hey All,
I have a SQT18MS T+ machine that I'm trying to get the subspindle working on. We've had this machine for a while, but this is the first job that I'm using the sub for. (A multiplex ruins your use for a subspindle machine!)
I'm running a bar length in the spindle. When 1st OP is complete I want the sub to come up and grab the part, main spindle to unchuck, pull out a couple inches of bar, re chuck the main spindle, cutoff the part, then the sub with the part to go home and start machining the backside of the part. Simple right?
My program starts:
Pno 1: SEP unit, single head 1
1st OP machining
Pno 14: TRS BAR 1(setup) 2(head) 0(spindle off)
Pno 15: TRS BAR 2(setup) 1(head) 0(spindle off)
Pno 16: SEP SYNC
Pno 17: GRV OUT cutoff unit
Pno 18: TRS MOV 3(setup)
Pno 19: SEP unit, Single Head 2
2nd OP machining
End.
Now when I run my program it completes the 1st OP, the tool goes to the Tool Change Position (X home), The subspindle doesn't move, but the jaws clamp, and then I get a spindle alarm.4E flashes on the spindle drive. Both spindles operate just fine independently. If you go to Handle and put the machine in LINKED MODE, both spindles mirror each others movements as they should (Main: Master , Sub: Slave). I cut my jaws on the sub, so I know it works...
Any advice on why this isn't working for me? I'm trying to do a BAR LOOP and SUB SPINDLE MOVE... I *think* I've followed mazak's directions correctly on all the transfer setup... any ideas?
I talked to someone with a similar machine except it was a T32 and they said I didn't need the 2nd TRS BAR unit (Pno 15)... I just have no idea here.
Does anyone have a T+ machine and a program that is basically trying to do the same thing I'm doing? Would you share a program with me?
I have a SQT18MS T+ machine that I'm trying to get the subspindle working on. We've had this machine for a while, but this is the first job that I'm using the sub for. (A multiplex ruins your use for a subspindle machine!)
I'm running a bar length in the spindle. When 1st OP is complete I want the sub to come up and grab the part, main spindle to unchuck, pull out a couple inches of bar, re chuck the main spindle, cutoff the part, then the sub with the part to go home and start machining the backside of the part. Simple right?
My program starts:
Pno 1: SEP unit, single head 1
1st OP machining
Pno 14: TRS BAR 1(setup) 2(head) 0(spindle off)
Pno 15: TRS BAR 2(setup) 1(head) 0(spindle off)
Pno 16: SEP SYNC
Pno 17: GRV OUT cutoff unit
Pno 18: TRS MOV 3(setup)
Pno 19: SEP unit, Single Head 2
2nd OP machining
End.
Now when I run my program it completes the 1st OP, the tool goes to the Tool Change Position (X home), The subspindle doesn't move, but the jaws clamp, and then I get a spindle alarm.4E flashes on the spindle drive. Both spindles operate just fine independently. If you go to Handle and put the machine in LINKED MODE, both spindles mirror each others movements as they should (Main: Master , Sub: Slave). I cut my jaws on the sub, so I know it works...
Any advice on why this isn't working for me? I'm trying to do a BAR LOOP and SUB SPINDLE MOVE... I *think* I've followed mazak's directions correctly on all the transfer setup... any ideas?
I talked to someone with a similar machine except it was a T32 and they said I didn't need the 2nd TRS BAR unit (Pno 15)... I just have no idea here.
Does anyone have a T+ machine and a program that is basically trying to do the same thing I'm doing? Would you share a program with me?