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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2008, 05:34:47 PM »
Hi Hood
Yes it is most definitely made up of many line segments. but their deviation off of an arc is slight. I just cut out a section of the code on that area and inputted the coordinates as points. I then connected the points with a poly line. I fitted an arc to  that line and the deviation was less than .00003 Then I projected a line against the surface at the same z level as the tool path and the deviation was less than .003. This last measurement really doesn't mean much as we're concerned with deviation off of the arc as in a choppy cut. The tool paths all look nice and smooth as well.

Derek
 

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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2008, 06:20:54 PM »
Do you have CV Distance Tolerance enabled? If try without and see what its like.
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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2008, 08:53:09 PM »
I'm about 99 percent sure that it's turned off but I'll double check tomorrow and let you know.
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Derek

Do you have CV Distance Tolerance enabled? If try without and see what its like.
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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2008, 12:16:49 PM »
Yep CV tolerance is disabled. G100 Adaptive NURBS is enabled though. Not sure if this matters or not.

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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2008, 12:49:07 PM »
G100 setting should not affect it but switch it off as its not used anymore (I think ;) ) and even if it was you dont have a G100.
 Are you definitely in CV mode? Make sure your code isnt switching it to Exact Stop (G61)

Try doing an G2 or G3 on a piece of scrap and see if its good.
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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2008, 01:13:45 PM »
Hi Hood
It's absolutely in CV.  One thing I would mention is I'm handling huge amounts of code. The piece in the picture had over 500,00 lines loaded into Mach. As soon as I finish this piece I'll do some tests and post the results here. I'm going to cut that same section that has the chops but try it at a few different speeds and cutting strategies. I really need to get to the bottom of this.

Thanks
Derek

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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2008, 04:56:38 PM »
try setting the lookahead down a bit or even turning the toolpath off, maybe the computer is just bogging down a bit with the amount of data its processing?
Hood
Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2008, 01:29:04 AM »
Hello Hood, Erik here.
I managed to get a continuous path (circular & straight) by turning on the "laser" mode, but when it is not in "laser" mode the path reverts to a stop/start with each line of code. Also it seems to have "stuttering" in the Z axis movements and still has a noticeable series of marks in the machined material at every new line of code and a noticeable hesitation at the line where the X/Y motion meets a Z axis movement. Even though the X/Y motion appears and sounds to be continuous the machine still leaves a noticeable mark in the material (Z axis or vertical) that appears to be coincident with the progression of code line to line. Most of the code (85%) is made up of an XYZ command in each line. Do you think this is motor tuning (accel/deccel) or could it be a backlash compensation issue? I tried various feed speeds, but the frequency of the surface inconsistencies remained the same, so I don't think it is mechanical harmonic vibration. I set the look ahead to 500 lines and it did help some. Should not CV mode work even when not set to "laser"? Thanks for your help.

Erik

PS: the the angular stop in CV mode is set to 90 Deg.
Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2008, 08:35:37 PM »
Hi Hood, Erik here.
Sorry, I meant to say "plasma" mode in my previous post. Do you want to see the whole toolpath perhaps just a chunk out of the middle somewhere? I checked the settings in Mach today and I do not have the backlash compensation on. Could it be that part of the problem occurrs because the Z axis command is a 90 deg fise that happens with each complete X/Y execution? Thanks again.

Erik

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Re: New Vortech Router jerky movement.
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2008, 09:16:49 PM »
Not sure what plasma mode does, will have to do a bit of reading and see what exactly it does. I need some sleep now (2:30am) but bump this thread if I havent got back to you tomorrrow.
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