I love Mazak, we have an 1850 (4) 1060's an 800 a 500 and are waiting for our first 1550.
Our problem is that in Mazatrol or eia the centerline seems to float on us, which gives us bad cmm charts and lost time chasing center because we have tight positional tolerences. After we make sure our test bar shows b-axis straight with b axis clamped , we turn a part lock c-axis @ 0 degrees and indicate the bore by spining an indicaror on a short milling tool. We readjust M16 parameter in X and Y and make the centerline back to the number on the side of the machine. This seems to have to be adjusted quite often, probably because it is truly two different machines attached to the same body. I thought about multiple work offsets g54,g55 but it seems to easy to forget to always set the odd one,then bad things happen and you star over. This effects the sizes cut by turning tools and position of milling tools. I am not sure what the best fix is but the more machines we get the more it becomes a problem. |