Select Turrets and Spindles at Operation Level

task target This task shows you how to make the necessary adjustments to the program, which is already initialized with a Rough turning operation and two Drilling operations.
Selection of turrets and spindles at operation level (Turning, Milling, and Drilling).

Spindle assignment
Capability to select the spindle at operation level when dealing with multiple spindles.
Capability to select the spindle at Machining Axis Change level to define the Reference Axis System:

  • Spindle Part Axis System
  • Local Axis System.

Useful for:
Part orientation for Turning operations
Information display in Process Table
NC data output.

 

scenario 1. Double click the External Rough turning operation in the PPR tree. The dialog box for this operation appears. 

Check that all necessary parameters have been initialized (geometry, tool assembly, and so on).

Set the Spindle name to Main Spindle, if this is not already the case.

 

Click OK to confirm your modifications to the operation and quit the dialog box.

  2. Double click the first Drilling operation in the PPR tree. The dialog box for this operation appears. 

Check that all necessary parameters have been initialized (geometry, tool assembly, and so on). Note that the tool assembly Power attribute is set to Fixed.

Set the Spindle name to Main Spindle, if this is not already the case.

 

Click OK to confirm your modifications to the operation and quit the dialog box.

3. Double click the Machining axis change entity in the PPR tree.

Select the Counter Spindle Part Axis machining axis and set the Spindle name to Counter  Spindle, if this is not already the case.

Click OK to confirm your modifications to the operation and quit the dialog box.

4. Double click the second Drilling operation in the PPR tree. The dialog box for this operation appears. 

Check that all necessary parameters have been initialized (geometry, tool assembly, and so on). Note that the tool assembly Power attribute is set to Fixed.

Set the Spindle name to Counter Spindle, if this is not already the case.

Click OK to confirm your modifications to the operation and quit the dialog box.

  5. Right click the Manufacturing Program in the PPR tree and select Compute Tool Path.
The operations of the program are computed. The PPR tree now looks like this:

  6. More information can be obtained by clicking Process Table in the Auxiliary Commands Toolbar.

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