What if a five axis machine tool does not have a 5-axis function?
Around us, we often see a four axis or five axis turntable installed on a 3X machine tool, and the built-in system can only support 3X without the five axis function. For example, our common G43.4 (five axis linkage machining) and G68.2 (five axis positioning machining). So how to achieve five axis positioning or five axis linkage machining?
This rotation point needs to be manually measured and inputted into VMID on a CNC machine tool Sometimes, it is located at the center of the workbench... Our common Hass machine tool, even though this point has been determined, actually requires fine-tuning.
Some machine tools have axis points that are not in the center of the workbench, so it's okay~Just place the rotation points of each axis in the corresponding positions based on G54, and the software will automatically update them in the "combination device".
Place G54 in the center of the top of the workbench (precise), and record the mechanical coordinate values at this time;
There must be well-defined "settings" because SolidCAM needs to calculate all rotations/positions.
This means that the position of your parts and fixtures must be the same as on the machine. This is the main drawback. When you clamp the parts onto the machine with a fixture, you must measure the displacement from the center point at the top of the workbench (referred to as G54 on the combination device or machine in SolidCAM) to point MAC1POS1 (in SolidCAM). The displacement you entered in "Settings" needs to be the same as the position on the actual CNC machine tool when you run the machine simulation components. Then, only in this way can you get a good Gcode.
-Measure the pivot point and input VMID (only once)
-Measure from MAC1POS1 (top center of part) to G54 (top center of table) on the machine and input it (for each CAMPart) in SolidCAM settings - it's not that difficult when you use it. Each measurement or fixture replacement is required.
*Save the machine coordinates of G54 in X, Y, Z on paper or in the machine, and then measure the machine coordinates of the inventory at the position of MAC1POS1 in SolidCAM. Then simply subtract each X, Y, and Z value to obtain the offset you need to put into SolidCAM Settings, and recalculate the operation again.
There is only one, and it is the big one. We can support it, it has been proven over 1000 times. Almost all other CAM solutions do not have this type of calculation, nor do they have special 5-axis positioning and simultaneous operation functions.
