I am hoping someone on the PM form can give me some advice or help give me an understanding. I am fairly new to Mazatrol and Mazak machines in general, I purchased a 2005 QTN250MS with the 640t control earlier this year and have slowly been working on it to get it up and going. When I purchased the machine, I was lead to believe it had the ability to read EIA programs from a standard CAM system (like Fusion 360), but as it turns out that option was never enabled/ordered with this machine when it was built, I can apperently have it enabled, but cannot afford/wait to get that sorted. So, it appears I am going to have to get very good at programming in Mazatrol, but it should be able to do everything I need for now. I have a fairly good understanding and background with Haas/Fanuc controlled lathes so I know what I want this machine to do but I am struggling how to tell Mazatrol what I want.
For instance, I have some parts to make that require a 1 inch through hole and then that hole will get bored to size. I have a 1 inch insert drill and I would like to use the outside insert of that drill to rough bore the hole and then finish with a different boring bar. When I go into the Mazatrol tool offsets, it seems pretty simple to set up the tool as a drill. However, where I am confused is how to define a separate offset and tie it to that position. On say a Haas or Fanuc machine, you would define the drill as T303, so the machine goes to turret position 3 and pulls offset 03 from the control. Then to use a different offset to bore, you would call say T323 or something similar, where it will stay on turret position 3 but pull offset 23 from the control instead. The Mazatrol offset page only gives me the option to set 12 individual tools and they can be configured in what ever orientation needed, but I cannot figure out how to set separate offsets for the same tool position. The easiest solution to this problem would be to just drill the hole with the insert drill (say T1), rough bore with a boring bar (T2) and finish bore with another boring bar (T3) but I would like to save a tool position and tool change if possible.
Much like above, how would one go about setting two OD turning tools (One for the main, one for the sub) in the same tool position on the turret? I have read through manuals and tried to get an understanding but have hit a wall....if anyone would have some information (manuals, sample programs, pictures) I am all ears. Thank you in advance!
For instance, I have some parts to make that require a 1 inch through hole and then that hole will get bored to size. I have a 1 inch insert drill and I would like to use the outside insert of that drill to rough bore the hole and then finish with a different boring bar. When I go into the Mazatrol tool offsets, it seems pretty simple to set up the tool as a drill. However, where I am confused is how to define a separate offset and tie it to that position. On say a Haas or Fanuc machine, you would define the drill as T303, so the machine goes to turret position 3 and pulls offset 03 from the control. Then to use a different offset to bore, you would call say T323 or something similar, where it will stay on turret position 3 but pull offset 23 from the control instead. The Mazatrol offset page only gives me the option to set 12 individual tools and they can be configured in what ever orientation needed, but I cannot figure out how to set separate offsets for the same tool position. The easiest solution to this problem would be to just drill the hole with the insert drill (say T1), rough bore with a boring bar (T2) and finish bore with another boring bar (T3) but I would like to save a tool position and tool change if possible.
Much like above, how would one go about setting two OD turning tools (One for the main, one for the sub) in the same tool position on the turret? I have read through manuals and tried to get an understanding but have hit a wall....if anyone would have some information (manuals, sample programs, pictures) I am all ears. Thank you in advance!
