HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 Tap Cycle Help Conversational Format

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No no, I think Heide's control is very interesting! Its a different way to program. Its,... special? Coming from the offline CNC prog. path I've been down. I see that fan blade picture on the front of the manuals & say" Hey, thats what I want to cut" Ok show me. This "Q" programming is in the back of my mind. Seems with that style, one could do alot of work with very little input. Someone wrote a Q program for a sloting opp we do. It works with a parameter file for some variables. I'm sure you know of this, but for me its new. I would like to write a Q program for our standard family of parts. Same process/tools- different variables/dims. IE: Input length,width,height,features - slap piece in vise & whahla Yer cutt'in. That kind of work is alot of what the "hobby shop" I work at does, or I should say should do. Can't beat that. Why use high end CAD/CAM when you dont need it. Its a good way to do the basics very efficiatly. To manufacture a good job/ part, you need to start with a good base, ie nicely squared block in our case. Related to CNC: 5 sides milled in one set-up. Finish everything you can top-down. Saw/mill back / finish other half & yer done. This type of thinking would be good for Heide's Q. (not Q from Startrek!)

Thanks again for your help. I suggested to my colleges that I would, in my down time, like to play around with inputing one of your examples. He did not seem to go for it? He looked at some of the code & said we dont have that cycle, blah blah blah, option on our machine? End result: dont waste your time. Ok I'm the 9mo newbie, your the 10yr veteran. Life goes on. In the mean time, I figured out the sloting cycle #? My opp was using a 1/16dia + 1/8R corner rounder around the top edge of a slot. It has a limitation that gave me a fit right off the bat. Due to Heide's thinking. You cannot use a smaller cutter rad. comp value "R" in tool table, less than 1/4 width of slot. =3D Cutter Comp Error. Because: Heide's cycle routine is : start at one end of slot, mill down the center, get to the end, swing on to outer walls & finish them. Basicaly 3 paths down the slot- with full rad at ends. If the cutter rad. was less then 1/4 slot width, you'd leave a web of material, thus not a slot. So I got that figgerd out I got the job done, by using the fin pkt cycle after pulling my hair out for 2 hrs & before understanding this simple slot routine. Apprentice work

Thanks Again Jerry,

ecifically CYCL DEF 209 TAPPING W/ CHIP BRKG but 207 or 206 floating would be a big help. I don't get an alarm, but I also don't get an tapped hole. S pindle comes down to xy then z point then the spindle looks like it release s from being engaged -it does a 1-degree wiggle- then home and done. Sans g uzinta. CNC and control do have tapping. With no alarms popping up, it must be me and it must be simple because i am simple.Regards

Jerry,

I am using Creo ( Pro/E) for CAD and CAM.

I need post processor for DMG DMU 80P with Heidenhain iTNC530 controller.

Can you help me?

-- Dhinesh

I have upto 4 axis positioning post processor Itnc530

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