Hello,
We have eight Haas VF2 vertical mills, with TR160 trunnions. We feed every one of the mills with the same CAM software, using the same machine definition. This allows the operators to grab a job and put it into any open machine. When comparing machines, every trunnions platter is within .005" from the centerline of A rotation, from one machine to the next. Every one I've measured is within Haas's specifications. We do most of our milling with the platter perpendicular to the table. When one machine indexes ninety degrees from there, (platter parallel to table) its Z is off, and it mills holes through the units. If we take that code and put it on any other mill it runs fine. The only immediate solution I see is to assign another WCS, but that would create 100% more work for the programming department. We are using HyperDent, and utilizing feature based machining. This is VERY scaled down CAM software that doesn't give the programmers control like Mastercam offers. So if we were to implement another WCS that would be written into every program. The programmers would then have to combine NC files because they would be too large for HyperDent to handle. This is not a viable solution for us. Where would you start trying to diagnose this problem?
We have eight Haas VF2 vertical mills, with TR160 trunnions. We feed every one of the mills with the same CAM software, using the same machine definition. This allows the operators to grab a job and put it into any open machine. When comparing machines, every trunnions platter is within .005" from the centerline of A rotation, from one machine to the next. Every one I've measured is within Haas's specifications. We do most of our milling with the platter perpendicular to the table. When one machine indexes ninety degrees from there, (platter parallel to table) its Z is off, and it mills holes through the units. If we take that code and put it on any other mill it runs fine. The only immediate solution I see is to assign another WCS, but that would create 100% more work for the programming department. We are using HyperDent, and utilizing feature based machining. This is VERY scaled down CAM software that doesn't give the programmers control like Mastercam offers. So if we were to implement another WCS that would be written into every program. The programmers would then have to combine NC files because they would be too large for HyperDent to handle. This is not a viable solution for us. Where would you start trying to diagnose this problem?