With how common remote work is these days, I'm wondering if anyone has ever been able to obtain an offline seat and a company-supplied workstation to program from home? I'd imagine that a lot of trust and prestige would be needed to be able to do this.
We have the option to work from home, but I prefer to be where the action is.
All our programming is done offline and released to the production floor.
Proving programs out is optional to the programmer, although I prefer that. We do a lot of work on parts that aren't around, so most of the time we don't have a part in hand.
We have the option to work from home, but I prefer to be where the action is.
All our programming is done offline and released to the production floor.
Proving programs out is optional to the programmer, although I prefer that. We do a lot of work on parts that aren't around, so most of the time we don't have a part in hand.
I thought proving out programs was basically an unspoken requirement to make sure these programs are solid prior to release. If the programmer decides to not prove their programs out, who does then?
If you're good enough at online programming, the program can run the first time. Usually an operator would be asked to 'run it slow' and watch for any issues that may come up.
ALousyUser I would agree with
DAN_M. Approximately that long. It takes a lot to get your head wrapped around how the machine will move around a part. You have to "see" it while you're programming. The more difficult the part, the harder it is. Something with A0B0 the whole time is really easy, but if you have 10 different probe rotations and you have to squeeze by the part because the part is as big as your table, then it takes a lot more educated experience to make it run the first time without crashing.
bfire85 - I've had to create a 100% program for a high volume production part that is only a bit above 2" long and the OD is not even 1/4" and have had to use multiple probe tip angles to be able to access all of the features on these parts. I can't imagine what it would take to program this offline. Nothing but mad respect to you and anyone else who are able to visualize the CMM space and work with it to come up with solid programs that can be confidently proven out with little to no changes made.
ALousyUser, if you place all the fixturing and rayco components in via CAD model, as well as the machine, you can get a realistic virtual run of the program.
Paperback Rocker, I'm working with CMMs that have Rayco Fixture Plates and components. I didn't think to check and see if Rayco had CAD files of their fixture plates/components. That's awesome. Thank you!
