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long program run times

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?
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  • Here is one from when it was in the old, original lab here, you can see the drive rod for the Z axis, above the pressure gauge.

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    Very cool! I bet that thing has paid for itself 10X over by now
  • Funny thing, the new Global (3.5 years old now) was basically the same cost (new) as the Validator was (new) all those years ago.

    Original OEM 'specs' on the Validator: +/-0.0007". Yeah, that was how it was listed. It is much better now. Between the 3rd party cert guy and myself, we have it down to a TOTAL error of 0.0006" (was just calibrated/certifed) a few weeks ago. Between him and Rondog (other site) I have all the 'info' for the table map of the machine (ASCII file on the hard drive). When I have slack time, I use my home-made step bar & ball bar and tweak the table map a touch here, there, and save the file as a 'backup' for when the cal-tech is here. I load it up for him to use, once it is certed to that file, I use that version from until the next year. Yeah, max X error (total) is 0.0004", Y is 0.0006" and Z is 0.0002" (linear on a step gauge). Max square difference ANYWHERE on the machine (I use 29 positions) is 0.0007", XY, XZ, YX, 45 degree, etc.

    Oh, and the new Global is a foot+ wider (X), taller, and several feet longer (Y) than the Validator
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  • Funny thing, the new Global (3.5 years old now) was basically the same cost (new) as the Validator was (new) all those years ago.

    Original OEM 'specs' on the Validator: +/-0.0007". Yeah, that was how it was listed. It is much better now. Between the 3rd party cert guy and myself, we have it down to a TOTAL error of 0.0006" (was just calibrated/certifed) a few weeks ago. Between him and Rondog (other site) I have all the 'info' for the table map of the machine (ASCII file on the hard drive). When I have slack time, I use my home-made step bar & ball bar and tweak the table map a touch here, there, and save the file as a 'backup' for when the cal-tech is here. I load it up for him to use, once it is certed to that file, I use that version from until the next year. Yeah, max X error (total) is 0.0004", Y is 0.0006" and Z is 0.0002" (linear on a step gauge). Max square difference ANYWHERE on the machine (I use 29 positions) is 0.0007", XY, XZ, YX, 45 degree, etc.

    Oh, and the new Global is a foot+ wider (X), taller, and several feet longer (Y) than the Validator
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