[DanielDK87]

Hi all,


I was wondering ifsomeone could help me,


Im toying with the ideaof completely changing how we program a Hapfo 7000 Lathe as I am currentlytrying to figure out how to use its dated CAD/CAM and was hoping we could use amore modern package,


I’ve spent some timegoogling but im not entirely sure anything will have the functionality we need,


Theidea is, create a DXF of the design required, load the DXF into a CAM packagewhich can create the g-code required.


The issue is that the cutter has the ability to be in 3 differentpositions (Swivel Left, Swivel Centre and Swivel Right) of which I have theG-Code, but can this be input into a CAM package to make this more userfriendly? as the idea at the moment isto teach a number of people how to use this machine.


The code is as follows


M65 P1 (TOOL RIGHT)





M64 P0





M65 P0 (TOOL LEFT)





M64 P1





M65 P0 (TOOL CENTRE)





M65 P1





An example of thesecodes being used within a program:


G90.1 (Absolutedistance mode for arc)


G61 (Exact Path moderemoves tool compensation)


M65 P2 (spindel on/Zoff)


G00 X 426.817Y45


G01 X 426.817Y55.642F3000


G01 X 426.817Y45.642F1200


G01 X 431.352Y25.926F600


G01 X 442.787Y24.349


G01 X 457.573Y20.406


G01 X 480.246Y16.265


M65 P1 (TOOL RIGHT)


M64 P0


G01 X 455.915Y5.803F600


G03 X434.176Y22.5I434.176J0


M65 P0 (TOOL CENTRE)


M65 P1


G01 X -2.585Y22.5F600


M65 P0 (TOOL LEFT)


M64 P1


G01 X -1.571Y17.7F600


G01 X 0Y17.7


G01 X 50Y17.7


G01 X 50Y22.467


G00 X 50Y45


M65 P0 (TOOL CENTRE)


M65 P1


G00 X 426.817Y45F600


M65 P0 (TOOL CENTRE)


M65 P1


M02





If anyone could help itwould be very much appreciated,

[MichaelHenry]

I've no idea if SprutCAM will work for you, but they do have some sophisticated machine configurations, including ones for painting and knife cutting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr68mjZIGos

Since you are in the UK, you should probably contact Dave at SprutUK for more info:

Home - Sprut Technology (UK) Ltd. Homepage

Mike

[DanielDK87]

Thank you for the reply,

in the meantime after some trial and error and looking through the code generated I narrowed down the issue and have now sorted everything,

thank you