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So I have noticed from some of @Machtool s posts that @Wippin' boy is a bit of a Mazak legend so it seems a waste to not ask a few questions I've always wondered. As usual anyone is welcome to chime in with answers and or more questions
I've never owned or operated a Mazak, but as many of you may know I like my older iron. I'm somewhat familiar with what Fanuc will do in regards to 3D work when using a 15, 16, 18 , i series, RISC, G05, G05.1, G08 exc.
In my opinion a well optioned 20 year old die and mold machine will still run with if not outrun most budget machines of today.
So with that said, what's the deal with older Mazatrols? Look-ahead? Smoothing? Block speed? Is there a Mazak equivalent to a 64 bit RISC engine? NURBS? Either programing in NURBS or some kind of processor that transforms standard g-code into nurbs like Okuma's supernurbs?
I've often seen older Mazak's go for little money and wouldn't mind getting one If I had some kind of clue what it's capabilities are?
IIRC many of the machines I've seen have a 640???
I've never owned or operated a Mazak, but as many of you may know I like my older iron. I'm somewhat familiar with what Fanuc will do in regards to 3D work when using a 15, 16, 18 , i series, RISC, G05, G05.1, G08 exc.
In my opinion a well optioned 20 year old die and mold machine will still run with if not outrun most budget machines of today.
So with that said, what's the deal with older Mazatrols? Look-ahead? Smoothing? Block speed? Is there a Mazak equivalent to a 64 bit RISC engine? NURBS? Either programing in NURBS or some kind of processor that transforms standard g-code into nurbs like Okuma's supernurbs?
I've often seen older Mazak's go for little money and wouldn't mind getting one If I had some kind of clue what it's capabilities are?
IIRC many of the machines I've seen have a 640???
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