JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
this is a tale of two machines---both using EMC2 software as the operating system. Alfagta-Ross raised the question regarding the damaged FP4A I picked up about suitability of EMC2 for control. I actually had not considered this but I did investigate the user group website. Here are some findings:
EMC2 is a Linux based operating system for tool control
it is open source and essentially free
there does not appear to be a corporate sponsor-this means anecdotal advice prevails regarding hardware selection and system integration. In my experience corporate sponsorship is essential to bring order to prevaling chaos in the world of software/hardware tool retrofits. More to the point, a company must be willing to shoulder legal product liability on an integrated working system-and most of us are willing to pay for this.
Well, as I go thru machine retrofit forum the impression I get is that fewer than 20% of project machines actually reach a state of completion.
God bless the router crowd-and there is a bunch of them. But you cannot compare mail box sign makers with a 3 to 5 axis machine needed for mold and die making.
A few Deckel and Maho retrofits are featured. All are european based. Two project machines illustrate the frustation--and the promise of EMC2.
here is a Deckel FP41--UK based. look at the pics and scan the posts. A motivated retrofitter, end user is at work. progress is slow and questions are many, questions relying upon the kindness of strangers to help resolve.
LinuxCNC.org - Deckel servo setup with linear scales 5i20 hm2. - EMC Support Forum
Then along comes a thread regarding retrofit of Maho 700. The new forum member states he tore the machine apart, replaced a bunch of stuff including glass scales and his machine with rotary table works just super. This can't be. I mean, a newbie retrofitter could never pull this off. And as we look closer it appears this is not the case. The member is a graduate engineer with doctorate, german based, and has website advertising retrofit services. And this is my point. For order to emerge from what I perceive as retrofit chaos in the EMC2 realm, a gifted individual such as the Maho 700 retrofitter must offer an advanced system of hardware/software integration.
look threads over and see what you think
LinuxCNC.org - proudly presenting a Maho MH700 retrofit .. - EMC Support Forum
Dr.-Ing Ulf Dambacher, Ingenieurbüro für Maschinenbau
jh
EMC2 is a Linux based operating system for tool control
it is open source and essentially free
there does not appear to be a corporate sponsor-this means anecdotal advice prevails regarding hardware selection and system integration. In my experience corporate sponsorship is essential to bring order to prevaling chaos in the world of software/hardware tool retrofits. More to the point, a company must be willing to shoulder legal product liability on an integrated working system-and most of us are willing to pay for this.
Well, as I go thru machine retrofit forum the impression I get is that fewer than 20% of project machines actually reach a state of completion.
God bless the router crowd-and there is a bunch of them. But you cannot compare mail box sign makers with a 3 to 5 axis machine needed for mold and die making.
A few Deckel and Maho retrofits are featured. All are european based. Two project machines illustrate the frustation--and the promise of EMC2.
here is a Deckel FP41--UK based. look at the pics and scan the posts. A motivated retrofitter, end user is at work. progress is slow and questions are many, questions relying upon the kindness of strangers to help resolve.
LinuxCNC.org - Deckel servo setup with linear scales 5i20 hm2. - EMC Support Forum
Then along comes a thread regarding retrofit of Maho 700. The new forum member states he tore the machine apart, replaced a bunch of stuff including glass scales and his machine with rotary table works just super. This can't be. I mean, a newbie retrofitter could never pull this off. And as we look closer it appears this is not the case. The member is a graduate engineer with doctorate, german based, and has website advertising retrofit services. And this is my point. For order to emerge from what I perceive as retrofit chaos in the EMC2 realm, a gifted individual such as the Maho 700 retrofitter must offer an advanced system of hardware/software integration.
look threads over and see what you think
LinuxCNC.org - proudly presenting a Maho MH700 retrofit .. - EMC Support Forum
Dr.-Ing Ulf Dambacher, Ingenieurbüro für Maschinenbau
jh