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Fabio82

Member

Registered: 2009-11-22

Posts: 2

Help: Adding "M" functions for Chiron MPS 15 simulation

Greetings to all,
I'm a student and i'm doing an intership in a factory called DEMA (http://www.demasrl.it)
During this intership I'm trying to reproduce the Chiron MPS 15
I have a lot of problems with setting the macros that activate the "M" functions for clamping or releasing the stock piece
(because there two spindles).
The two macros i used are ClampCompName and ClampOnOff
The control is fanuc 18im and unfortunately my version is 5.4
Can the root of the problem be the uncorrect position of the stock inside the componenet tree?
I'm desperate

PS: sorry for my scolastic english

SergeV

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From: Irvine, CA

Registered: 2004-10-08

Posts: 507

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Re: Help: Adding "M" functions for Chiron MPS 15 simulation

make sure that you have a fixture component on each side. The fixture component box must intersect the box of the stock before it can be clamped. You clamp one side, then unclamp the other and the stock will transfer to the other component in the tree.

Fabio82

Member

Registered: 2009-11-22

Posts: 2

Re: Help: Adding "M" functions for Chiron MPS 15 simulation

I have found finally the solution, i totally changed the macros and used these:
- ConnectCompName
- ConnectToCompName
I have ignored the clamps, but the cut stock moved exactly when it had to change the position during the machining
Unfortunately I have not managed to load photos of the simulation.
The 5-axis machine is this:
http://www.chiron.de/Series-MPS.554.1.html?&L=1

Thank you anyway for the answer!!