EdgeCAM's shortcut to make five-axis post processing (2)

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Generally, do not make any changes, compile the application directly, and then observe whether the format of the generated NC code meets the needs. There is no need to care about how the coordinate system changes, the relative positional relationship between the workpiece and the tool, and so on. We use this tool to smoothly produce the five-coordinate post-processing of the Siemens840D double-swing head and the Heidenhain530i single-station single-swing head. And put into production,

Here is the post-processing application for the Siemens840D double-swing head. Let's take a look at the generated program example:

There are two notable places here. One is the application of 3D tool length compensation, and the Siemens 840D control system can realize the length and radius compensation of 3D tools. The other is that in the program that does not set the G93 time countdown feed, EdgeCAM can automatically adjust the feedrate according to the curvature.

The other is the five-coordinate post-processing application of the single-turn single-head Heidenhain TNC530i control system. We are very interested in the vector output mode provided by EdgeCAM, so we use the IJK vector output method to make a post-processing, and the generated program example as follows:

This program uses a special rotating coordinate output method, not the familiar ABC angle output. Not all control systems are able to recognize such vector programs. Such programs only give the direction of the tool axis vector relative to the surface being machined. As for how the rotating shaft rotates, it is completely handed over to the control system. Similar to many pre-files generated by CAM software). The premise is that in the tool length compensation address, the distance from the tool tip to the center of the oscillating head is given. It can be seen that with the development of hardware of the control system, five-axis programming will become more and more simple.

to sum up

The production of five-axis post-processing has become a complicated task due to the difference in machine structure, but in EdgeCAM, the process has become very simple and has a wide range of applications. The difference between machine structure and control system is no longer the main focus of post-processing. We only need to pay attention to the format of the program. And these can be obtained by selecting a similar standard template to get more default parameters.

Note: All the sample programs used in this paper are verified by the actual machining of the machine tool. Due to the space relationship, they cannot be listed all. Please perform the simulation test.

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