Originally Posted by
steel_tech_427
I want the DNC without a doubt. We will be able, as supervisors, to micro-manage the editing of programs and control the work flow in the shop a lot better. There's people that tend to take all the gravy work and leave the rest for someone else.
We only have one machine with a RS232 port on it. The rest of our equipment is capatible with either a USB drive or a standard Mori Seiki media card. I just want to have all of the programs in a secure spot where my team or myself can assign them to the designated machines when we need to. The DNC is the best way. But since my boss isn't willing to spend the money, I want to find a more economical way of doing this and still be mobile (I don't want to carry a laptop with me in a shop all day).
Our goal is to have all of the machine controls wiped clean of ANY part program. The only program in the machine will be the one running. And when production is done, the program gets dumped and you start clean again. Every program will be GibbsCAM based. I just need to get the programs to the machines.