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PCMDIS/NC Expereinces?

Danny
Hi all,

Have been given the task of getting PCDMIS NC going on one of our machining centres for an demonstration here in Australia.

Would love to hear from anyone with prior experience using this software, and more importantly the NC server application.

Have been trying in vain to set up comms between the PC and M/C, followed the instructions and succesfully verified comms using HyperTerminal, but upon opening NC Server and defining a machine and specifying the serial type interface, I get the error message "Cannot Open Serial Port".

As far as I can tell, I have followed instructions to the letter, but to no avail.

Would appreciate anyones comments on the possible solution to this problem.

Cheers, and have a lovely weekend.

Danny
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  • Yes, our ultimate goal is to eliminate inspection steps on all many of our parts, including first piece. We currently do CMM inspection on all parts right now. Based on the tolerances on the print, we intend to select a random number of parts that will be fully inspected on the CMM. That number will be based on the uncertainty, accuracy etc that we find the machines to provide us.

    In our environment, we are finding that the machines make some very amazing measuring devices. Our biggest issue is spindle shrink (cooling of the spindle as the machine cools down).

    The key is that you characterize your machine uncertainty. Run lasers, repeat tests and even gauge blocks in different orientations. When know what your machine can do, you will be able to find parts you can use as candidates for elimination of first inpsection steps.


    Jan.
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  • Yes, our ultimate goal is to eliminate inspection steps on all many of our parts, including first piece. We currently do CMM inspection on all parts right now. Based on the tolerances on the print, we intend to select a random number of parts that will be fully inspected on the CMM. That number will be based on the uncertainty, accuracy etc that we find the machines to provide us.

    In our environment, we are finding that the machines make some very amazing measuring devices. Our biggest issue is spindle shrink (cooling of the spindle as the machine cools down).

    The key is that you characterize your machine uncertainty. Run lasers, repeat tests and even gauge blocks in different orientations. When know what your machine can do, you will be able to find parts you can use as candidates for elimination of first inpsection steps.


    Jan.
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