Edgecam Mill/ Turn

• Introduction
• Features
• Benefits

Integrated commands to control activities associated with sub-spindle lathes make programming easier. Main features include:

• Integrated lathe setup command guides you through machine and job setup.
• Spindle selection is made easy with a single mouse click and the instruction browser indicates clearly which spindle each instruction is for.
• For twin turret lathes the side-by-side view of the instruction browser offers an ideal programming environment. The turret synchronisations are lined up and, to inhibit conflicting spindle codes being programmed, turret priority is clearly indicated.
• Synchronisation positions can be moved around to reduce machine idle time and a time line view of the instructions across spindles and turrets is useful for program verification.
• Sub-spindle pick off is simple to program using a combination of Spindle Docking, Part Off and Move Sub-spindle commands and is very flexible.
• Within Edgecam Simulator, activities taking place on the main and sub-spindle can be simulated simultaneously. Batch simulation of the machining job includes animation of the sub-spindle pick off and bar feed for full program verification.
  

B-Axis Machining

Single set-up machining is the key to boosting metal cutting productivity when milling and turning are done on the same machine tool. Edgecam provides full support for B-axis machining on a mill/turn machine tool, allowing Edgecam users to benefit from the wide range of milling and drilling cycles by applying them to the B-axis of multi-configuration machine tools.

B & C-axis orientation commands make rotary positioning easy. Having indexed to a face the full power of Edgecam machining cycles are now available to you. The Maintain Index function on the toolchange command reduces command input when multiple machining operations are carried out at the same index position. Realistic simulation of the B-axis in Edgecam Simulator offers full program verification.

C- and Y-Axis Mill/Turn Machines

The complete range of Edgecam’s milling and hole machining cycles can be implemented on mill/turn machines. Edgecam allows driven tooling to be programmed for machining on the face or the diameter of a component. Switching between Y- and C-axis modes is a single click process.

As with other cycles, Edgecam Simulator provides realistic graphical verification, ensuring that programs are correct before being executed. Both milling and turning activities can be verified, showing rotary movement of the stock and chuck during C-axis milling.

For the more complex of Mill/Turn machine tools, one an exploit EdgeCAMs 4/5 Axis Simultaneous machining capability.