Outrunning the tool chain

[Herding Cats]

Only a few parts, not worth reassigning tools to new pockets

 

[Mud]

How many tools are in that chain? What machine?

 

[Herding Cats]

How many tools are in that chain? What machine?

30 tool, 2000 Hitachi Seiki VS40 High Grade. 25/30hp 12k die and mold spindle, pallet changer, 30 tool extended chain, 300 gal coolant, bell shape accel deccel curves, and a few more options I can't think of off the top of my head. The machine was specced out to do a couple shows before it's was sold so it pretty well optioned for what it is. Max feed when running G8 is 1575 ipm

I just started looking for a 2010ish Makino that's loaded with every high speed option they had. Gotta get rid of some equipment to make room.

 

[Mud]

Seems like an awlfully slow TC for a machine like that. Is there no way to prestage the tool? Or is that w/prestage?

 

[Herding Cats]

Seems like an awlfully slow TC for a machine like that. Is there no way to prestage the tool? Or is that w/prestage?

That was pre-staging them. It's a fixed address so it always puts the tool back in the same pot it originally came from. It's never really an issue cause it's very rare that I only use a tool for a few seconds, plus I usually run at least 4 parts at a time.

I've though about turning up the speed on the tool chain since it's servo driven and treated as a 4th axis but it I doubt it would be worth the time and effort. We all have plans but never any time to do them haha

 

[Herding Cats]

Ok you officially made me self conscious by saying my tool chain is slow. I just about doubled the speed

Parameter 1420 axis 4

 

[g-coder05]

Thats my biggest grip about our Hass's is even with pre stage the tool pre call in the G43 line the tool drum has a dwell at each pot. Once a tool migrates to the opposite side it constantly has to wait.