Hi everyone, Is it possible to send the Y axis off on a very long rapid while doing coordinated motion with 2 other axises while the Y is travelling?
The reason I would like to do this is that I have EMC2 controlling a pick place machine using generated GCode. The machine picks up a chip, bangs a centering plate against the chip to center it, rotates the chip 90 degrees, repeats until all four sides have been centered then moves to the final XY position before placing the chip. The chip's rotation is controlled by the A axis and the centering plate is controlled by the V axis. This video shows the process much better then I can describe it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEPkOa2BNM#t=0m51s The Y axis is the slowest axis in terms of acceleration and velocity. Ideally I'd like to start the Y movement and somehow do the centering with the A and V axis while the Y is moving, but haven't really come up with a good way. This would cut the chip placement time in half since the centering could happen while the Y axis was traveling. I tried to queue a G00 Y10 movement followed by a G01 A1 V1 hoping that the G01 would take place concurrently with the G00 but it was a long shot and didn't work. Anyone have any ideas how this might be accomplished? I'm willing to give anything a shot. Thanks for any ideas anyone can give! Lawrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
