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General Mach Discussion / I WANT TO KNOW SATISIFIED USERS

« on: January 15, 2012, 10:18:57 PM »

IM TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR MACH MOTION USERS , I HAVE JUMPED SHIP FROM CAMSOFT !!!

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Galil / Please give me some cnc mill retrofit guidance ?

« on: January 11, 2012, 10:26:28 PM »

    I have a large 12000 lb cnc mill i am starting to retrofit . st arrting with galil 1842 rev h ,icm 2900 ,contec p10-16/16t
(pci)  and Win/xp computer. machine has yaskawa spindle drive vs616gII , servo dynamics's sd360 drives ,indramat servoIIc motors and drc encoders .im wondering how much of a project to get this running. i have servos ,motors,limit swt and home switchs hooked to icm 2900.i dont know how much programming to galil or mach programming is necessary.
  I have been in cnc operator/programming /engineering for 40 yr. and had my own cnc shop with 5 cnc for 16 yr,repair my own machines down to replacing part/boards. done some basic and fanuc varb prgms. not sure i can handle some of what ive read here  in this form though. can you give me any help. is this a easier way to proceed or would camsoft be an easier or better option.

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General Mach Discussion / Machine wiring,estop

« on: January 07, 2012, 05:07:44 PM »

Im retrofitting milltronics partner 7 , using original servo drives,and spindle drive , using galil dmc1842 ,icm2900 opto ,my first question estop is in line with overtravel switchs , it originally shut down the drive power,coolant  and spindle. is this the direction i should follow. originally bought camsoft package but they want 1500.00 for license fees to give help since i left this project set for 2 yr. now i think about using mach3 to control galil 1842 directly or through icm2900.
can anyone give me some direction to begin. thankyou john