I just made a program that has 43 minutes run time. That's the longest I have ever done for a single part. I did a Zeiss program that was 9 hours but it was for 20 parts at the same time. What is some of your run times?
About 2 years ago I had a big prototype aircraft part that was technically too wide for the machine. The shop machined big 45° triangles so we could fit it on the machine. Each side side was 14 hours run time. Almost 40,000 points and 1200 circles (6 hits each circle). I spent 3-4 weeks programming it.
Boss an owner came to me a few weeks ago and brought a print for a part they are quoting asking if I can inspect it. It's the same size as the aforementioned part but 5" thicker. Yeah... I can do it.
About 2 years ago I had a big prototype aircraft part that was technically too wide for the machine. The shop machined big 45° triangles so we could fit it on the machine. Each side side was 14 hours run time. Almost 40,000 points and 1200 circles (6 hits each circle). I spent 3-4 weeks programming it.
Boss an owner came to me a few weeks ago and brought a print for a part they are quoting asking if I can inspect it. It's the same size as the aforementioned part but 5" thicker. Yeah... I can do it.
