Hi All
Can anyone help me. I am not a CNC programmer nor do I pretend to know much about the subject.
We have some Mori seiki lathes with 3 metre bar feeders,producing small components we want to increase the cycle times per component but we are limited on spindle rpm when we have a complete 3 meter bar due to bar vibration etc. However when the bar is down to half its length we are able to considerably increase the feed & speed and increase cycle times.
My question is.....
Can this be done automatically within the machine program?
ie we count cycles (components) that equal half the bar length then when the count is reached we increase the speed and feed rates previously set in a "sub-routine?" Just really wanted to know is this a go or a no go idea?
Thank you
Mark