It has not yet and probably never will run for long enough... 1-3 hours 10-15 times a week. Longer cycles are zero bother if the machine stays accurate.
I just assumed that the machine builders would have a way of keeping track of the kinematic centres, the idea that this would be an issue for the operator didn't cross my mind. The idea that on a machine of any caliber above a haas they'd be variable by more than microns I'm finding cognitively dissonant.
Most of the parts it will make are half round mold inserts, it was 8 setups minimum before including milling, surface grinding, 4 jaw lathe, 3 jaw lathe, more milling etc so to 5ax them cuts about 10-20 hours off the labour depending hence the justification for the machine, otherwise it would be a bit of an over-indulgence.
This particular task is a bit of an unusual job but if we can nail it down will create some enourmous improvements for our mold shop.
I've just got to work so I'm gonna run an urgent 3 axis job on it, then break the vice down and run the probing cycle a bunch of times and see how much it moves as the machine cools down.
I just assumed that the machine builders would have a way of keeping track of the kinematic centres, the idea that this would be an issue for the operator didn't cross my mind. The idea that on a machine of any caliber above a haas they'd be variable by more than microns I'm finding cognitively dissonant.
Most of the parts it will make are half round mold inserts, it was 8 setups minimum before including milling, surface grinding, 4 jaw lathe, 3 jaw lathe, more milling etc so to 5ax them cuts about 10-20 hours off the labour depending hence the justification for the machine, otherwise it would be a bit of an over-indulgence.
This particular task is a bit of an unusual job but if we can nail it down will create some enourmous improvements for our mold shop.
I've just got to work so I'm gonna run an urgent 3 axis job on it, then break the vice down and run the probing cycle a bunch of times and see how much it moves as the machine cools down.