We have an older Okuma Howa ACT 3 CNC lathe in our shop. This machine has the FAPT capabilities built in also. Using the FANUC system 3T.
My question is: how to increase the RPM in manual mode? I've went into MDI
and keyed in gear range: M23 for example, G97 S1500, M3. Get the 1500, BUT! when going back to Manual mode, the spindle RPM range remains 44 to 100 also with using the "spindle override" switch.
I would like more RPM for boring jaws manually for example.
I've poured over my parameter list hoping to find the param to changing the default manual RPM setting to no avail.
So far my work around at this point is writing code to skin jaws or bore jaws, and do that in Auto mode, but there are times when it would be quicker to just spin the jaws and skin them manually using the handle encoder.
Any input would be appreciated...
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