On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:54:35 +0200, you wrote: >Also the old Fanuc does not accept any parameters of math and >a max. of about 2000 lines of code.So I am trying to convince him to >retrofit to EMC to greatly enhance his possibilities.
Hi Rob, the only selling point you have is cost if it's in a commercial environment. Forget the fancy math. Mostly CAM takes care of that. Complicated sub routines aren't used a lot either. Main reasons being, the operator is likely to know nothing more than the standard Fanuc stuff and if he doesn't understand the code your asking for trouble. Commercially, time is money, learning advanced math is almost certainly not high on a list of priorities. Sub routines are devalued because you often can't safely pause and restart in one, and that is a point generally you are going to struggle with trying to promote EMC. The inability to feed hold and do other thing like, stop spindle, jog away to clear chips, or change an insert and re zero tool and then just press cycle start and continue are a show stopper. I've spoken to many business associates over the last few months and every one said they would not consider a control system without this. As for the 2000 lines, it's probably more than adequate if he's only doing 2.5D work. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
