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Majority of programming done on the floor or in separate programming room ?
depends on how large and or complex the part. simple small parts can be done on the floor. large parts with thousands of features take time and often are done in a office
This is me programming. I get distracted thinking about unicorns a lot though. Life is, like, really hard.
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Majority of programming done on the floor or in separate programming room ?
What the breakdown is where I have been mostly has been that Programming (2 People) will program most of any new jobs that come in. Then the program is set up and proven out then if it makes good parts it is kept on computer and used. Since there is a massive amount of established jobs and customers the things run have already been used and improved.
New jobs can take time especially with complex parts that come in. Never are such parts programmed at the machine totally anymore as it is considered non productive.
Bottlenecks will happen in programming when they are swamped. Also despite proven programs things happen and so changes that need programming must be squeezed in on the fly. There is no software for the guys in the shop to use or learn which is seen as wise because of the lack of experience from unseasoned programmers.
Most programmers I know do not like to come out to the floor. If they do they try to avoid getting involved with much drama because it may not need his attention yet so give it time for them to take responsibility.
The tendency is to get the fellow (programmer fellow or lady) come over and the programmer can hardly get a cup of coffee without being diverted.
However it is done it should always boil down to what works best for the shop. Finding out the best thing may be real tough especially if the shop has work in high demand and of a time sensitive nature.
Once again...just my opinion. I started my career as a machinist. I have ran manual machines and 5 axis mills and Multi Task. My "home" has always been on the floor. I wouldnt consider having a programmer who didnt do something similar. Not sure I will express this quite right....learning the mechanics of how to program is a different task than learning what tools, speeds, feeds, and strategy to use. I could never learn the strategy etc from a book....maybe others can.
I do quite a bit of programming. 80% of it with CAM. 100% of it is on the floor. I am looking at the machines as I write this, eating lunch at my desk. At times it is a good thing to be on the floor, I get to hear how things are running.....I am right in the thick of things. Then there are other times when I would like someone to know just how much time I piss away re-doing, re-thinking things because someone sees me sitting here and decides to ask tooling or program questions....some of which are good questions...some not so much. Or trying to sit here working out a 5 axis tool path while the guy running the machine 20 feet away doesnt seem to realize that he doesnt have to pinch the air gun full blast...it works without being full blast too...lol. The part that bothers me most is that I know for a 100% fact that the quality of my programs suffer with every interruption. We have probably about 6 or 7 other guys in the plant doing similar.....I wonder some times if we were in a central location would we be able to learn from each other....or maybe just learn to hate each other...what I do know is that my employer will never have the programming being done in an office setting. I believe it is in part because of the optics of how that looks...possibly a status thing as well.....from my perspective, in order to do my job as best and as efficiently as possible, I would have two programming stations, one near the machines and another in an office setting...
my .02 cents....entirely worth what you paid for it.
I'll second that. If I'm puzzling out the best path for something and get interrupted 3-5 times, it sux.
Majority of programming done on the floor or in separate programming room ?
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