D.D.Machine
Stainless
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2003
- Location
- poulsbo, wa, usa
I have been running my butt off for months trying to feed 2 VF2SS mills and a VF4SS and two of them live full time with 4th axis fixtures ,, I just added a DM2 for tooling and second op parts and cant keep up with feeding the machine ,, I think its time to take the jump and change to a HMC for most if not all the parts ,, 90% of my work is 6061 and everything is pop can size or smaller and most of it calls for a 4th axis so I can do it in 1 or 2 ops.
My main objective is to get more parts out per day and not go nuts ,,
So here is the question.
How is the learning curve to go from programming a VMC with a 4th to a HMC with twin pallets ? It looks like its mostly going from A axis to B axis but what about the pallet calls? Also how is setting up a HMC ?
Every thing I do is production and in Fixtures. Mitee-Bite and cordless drill are my best friends
The idea of going from feeding 3 machines to one and only having to run one seems like a great idea.
My main objective is to get more parts out per day and not go nuts ,,
So here is the question.
How is the learning curve to go from programming a VMC with a 4th to a HMC with twin pallets ? It looks like its mostly going from A axis to B axis but what about the pallet calls? Also how is setting up a HMC ?
Every thing I do is production and in Fixtures. Mitee-Bite and cordless drill are my best friends
The idea of going from feeding 3 machines to one and only having to run one seems like a great idea.