We have a new Brother CNC and have been trying to automate more of the process for the machine to take advantage of its capabilities. Probe everything, adding batch number macros, templatizing (is that a word?) our CAM, etc... Its working great and now I'm noticing some opportunities to improve processes elsewhere.
We'd like to add some probing to other machines but have been reluctant to do so because of the added cycle time. We have two Haas VFSS machines using the Renishaw probes that ideally we could add a bore verification to. The stock Haas cycle is about 30 seconds, while the Brother does what looks like the same check in 10. Im sure some of that decrease is due to the single touch on the Brother vs. double on Haas.
The Haas manual says there are one-touch cycles available but it requires you to replace the two touch cycles. Is there a work around to allow us to pick and choose which type/what accuracy we want to use depending on the application?
We'd like to add some probing to other machines but have been reluctant to do so because of the added cycle time. We have two Haas VFSS machines using the Renishaw probes that ideally we could add a bore verification to. The stock Haas cycle is about 30 seconds, while the Brother does what looks like the same check in 10. Im sure some of that decrease is due to the single touch on the Brother vs. double on Haas.
The Haas manual says there are one-touch cycles available but it requires you to replace the two touch cycles. Is there a work around to allow us to pick and choose which type/what accuracy we want to use depending on the application?