Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Largest Manufacturing Technology Community on the Web
Stay Connected:
Fadal "R" Radius Rules
- Thread starter Kevinstj
- Start date
- Replies 4
- Views 2,074
angelw
Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2010
- Location
- Victoria Australia
Hello Kevin,
R format circular interpolation can't be used to program a full 360deg in one block, as can be using I and J. Arcs Greater than 180deg must be programmed with a Minus R value.
Regards,
Bill
White Lightning
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2018
One has to be cautious with the fadal. Years gone by we ran into a situation where the center of the radius was outside the machine travel it just connected the points and drove a line between arc endpoints. Was a result of mastercam filtering and created a large arc radius and just milled a linear move. Something to keep in mind with the fadal control.
Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
snowshooze
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2010
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska, USA
I gave up on all that.
I spent a couple years in Fadal Format 1...
But reality drove me into software.
I don't have the life-span to hand-code anymore.
I spent a couple years in Fadal Format 1...
But reality drove me into software.
I don't have the life-span to hand-code anymore.
macds
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2008
- Location
- Milverton, Ontario, Canada
Ive lived this reality in a very expensive aluminum part recently.
The min\max radius is listed in the manual. I believe it to be 399" (99" with crc) as max. I modified my post to reflect this.
See here Random gouging Fadal
