Hi friends,
I'm considering an eventual 5-axis machine tool purchase and would love to hear people's impressions of commonly (or uncommonly) available controls. Primarily interested in full simultaneous 5-axis machining, as opposed to 3+2, plus robot/automation integration. What's important, what should you look for, what should you avoid? Very briefly, here are the impressions I currently hold having never actually used any of these (I'm using Brother C00):
Fanuc
- Pros: Familiar to a lot of people with prior experience
- Cons: Old hardware/limited lookahead, clunky interface
Heidenheim
- Pros: More modern hardware/interface
- Cons: More expensive, potentially higher learning curve
Siemens
- Somewhere between Fanuc and HH, don't have a clear
Haas NGC
- Pros: Easy to learn/use
- Cons: Relatively low "power ceiling"
OSP-P300
- Some people love it, some people hate it
- Super-NURBS seems to be good, if expensive (like $15k???)
- Potentially difficult robot integration
Looking forward to hearing what folks have to say.
I'm considering an eventual 5-axis machine tool purchase and would love to hear people's impressions of commonly (or uncommonly) available controls. Primarily interested in full simultaneous 5-axis machining, as opposed to 3+2, plus robot/automation integration. What's important, what should you look for, what should you avoid? Very briefly, here are the impressions I currently hold having never actually used any of these (I'm using Brother C00):
Fanuc
- Pros: Familiar to a lot of people with prior experience
- Cons: Old hardware/limited lookahead, clunky interface
Heidenheim
- Pros: More modern hardware/interface
- Cons: More expensive, potentially higher learning curve
Siemens
- Somewhere between Fanuc and HH, don't have a clear
Haas NGC
- Pros: Easy to learn/use
- Cons: Relatively low "power ceiling"
OSP-P300
- Some people love it, some people hate it
- Super-NURBS seems to be good, if expensive (like $15k???)
- Potentially difficult robot integration
Looking forward to hearing what folks have to say.