Setting up rotating axis

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seancallaghan
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Setting up rotating axis

Post by seancallaghan » Thu 18 Feb , 2021 13:52 pm

Hi,
I have been using the VMC 2600 in my work for a few years for milling jobs and I'm now looking to try out the rotating axis. I plugged it in but don't seem to be getting any response from it. Just wondering if there's maybe a driver to be installed? I've tried running a program in fresh air well above the chuck but the it moves on the x and y for a few minutes then just homes again. Any help on this would be appreciated,

Thanks,

Sean

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Re: Setting up rotating axis

Post by TDIPower » Thu 18 Feb , 2021 18:24 pm

I've not used 4th axis but in VR milling I have seen a tick box for IV axis and various settings. You would need to go into the machine settings menu.

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Re: Setting up rotating axis

Post by Martin » Thu 18 Feb , 2021 21:33 pm

Yes that is correct. It needs to be switched on in VRMilling.

If you disconnect from the machine & go to settings & then setup machine parameters then go to the machine capability tab & down to IV axis & set it to 1.

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