Hi I can see that big demand in CNC controllers for multi spindle machines. There are many shops where most machines are CNC multi spindle 3-5 axis lathe. There are something like 2 and up to 6 CNC lathe machine including up to 5 axis spindle- lathe in one machine. Something similar to http://www.index-werke.de/ic/englisch/524_ENU_HTML.htm
In order to use EMC2 to retrofit them need to use 6 independent EMC2 3-5 axis machine but all those 6 independent EMC2 machines must be synchronize by main computer. In other word need to build system where EMC2 is a building block of much larger machine. Industry start produce more complex parts and to make good production it is impossible to use single machining unit like 3-5 axis machine. When EMC2 for work group or EMC2.2 or EMC3 will be done then there will not be competition with other low cost CNC systems. Right now EMC2 as a single system compete with MACH 3, Anilam, CENTROID and few other systems. In system for work group ( EMC2.2 or EMC3) main computer will synchronize about 10 independent EMC2 machines, and provide additional control of machining system in whole like part loader and unloader, count of total parts, etc. I think it will make EMC2 very unique and more powerful. Tnaks Aram . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
