> The factory controls are Fanuc 6T with CRT and keyboard. > This stuff is 1984 vintage. The machine actually has two > of them, one for X and Z on the main turret, and a > second for the Z that runs the end working turret. They > share the same CRT and keyboard. > this is correct, the problem on these machiens now are the power supplys in the back, as one PSU powers two motherboard etc, some models have two PSUs not many. im finding with others with superslants this is getting more common of a problem and is quite exspenive, this was casue of our two of which we went the EMC route on.
> The original controls are capable of cutting with both > turrets at the same time using two G code programs > and M functions to stop and wait for sync points > between programs. The EMC2 conversion shown in > the YouTube video seems not to attempt this. > i am the retrofitter and user of that video, see the emc forum for the full wirte up and info if any one is intrested. this is correct, the old control had two controls in side, meaning you could move and contour with both with the two programs running (as they did make 4axes version, and power tooled 4 axes + spindle indexing versions, which made it a much more powerfull machine, for 1985 was quite advanced in its time i think) i have used the two turrets running together a hand full of times on jobs but with bottom drilling only its never realy needed or pratical for many reasons, with the EMC as it is, u can move all 3 axes at once no problem to a point, but can not do seperate program running on ether turret, unless u wanted to have two EMCs running and talking to each other. rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
