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1. G ZERO s Station e Mills with G54 type work offsets e 4th axis work e Tombstone work The G ZERO CAM System for Mills comes standard with 2 commands that make complex multi part and multi position setups easier Choice 36 Multiply asks how many parts are on your machine and how far apart they are Everything programmed after Multiply is automatically repeated over and over until all parts are machined Choice 37 B Axis controls positioning of the machine s 4th axis making short work of most simple 4 axis work as well as tombstone work Optional choice 31 Station used in conjunction with ORDER replaces use these 2 commands by allowing them to work in concert eliminating long complicated programs Station also improves programmer control of work offsets also called work coordinates Station as a View Manager 31 Station works in conjunction with the 17 Mat l command to allow different sized blanks for the different parts or sides of one part you are machining Example STATION 1 x 10 yO z 10 bO MAT L xmin 5 xmax5 ymin 5 ymax65 thk 5 type2 303 STATION 2 x0 y0 z0 bO MAT L xminO xmax2 2 yminO ymax10 thk 7 typeO STELALOY STATION 3 x10 yO z 10 bO MAT L xmin 2 xmax2 ymin 2 ymax2 thk 7 typeO STELALOY stationman doc 091197 3 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Typical Sample Programming Station as a Work Offset Manager To program a multi position setup on a vertical mill just program a new Station f2. more than 6 stations then G ZERO automatically uses G52 or G10 or G92 or advanced work offset registers To pre load the stations place Station commands just before the first tool command Ex 3 STATION 1 x0 y0 z0 b 4 STATION 2 x10 1 y 02 z 11 bO 5 STATION 3 x21 2 yO z0 b 6 TOOL 1 x WHAT IS THE X OFFSET FOR THIS STATION Enter the distance in X from your program zero to this Station Your answer will typically be O for Station 1 and something like X10 for Station 2 etc e If this is Station 0 then this X dimension is the master Station offset That means the X value will be added to every other Station X Station 0 shifts all other stations y_ WHAT IS THE Y OFFSET FOR THIS STATION Enter the distance in Y from your program zero to this Station Your answer will typically be 0 for Station 1 and something like Y 1 for Station 2 etc e If this is Station 0 then this Y dimension is the master Station offset This Y will be added to every other Station Z WHAT IS THE Z OFFSET FOR THIS STATION Enter the distance in Z from your program zero to this Station Your answer will typically be O for Station 1 and something like Z 1 for Station 2 etc e If this is Station 0 then this Z dimension is the master Station offset This Z will be added to every other Station b_ WHAT IS THE B POSITION FOR THIS STATION Enter the 4th axis rotation angle for this Station If your machine s 4th axis is in the wrong pos
3. GH CAM Software User Manual STATION Advanced Work Offset Manager CONTENTS C Ommani E 1 e le aa a Ea E once E E a a eat eet 1 HORDER E 2 KC 2 KEE e EE 2 TEM EE 2 Eege e EEEa EE Ea a a SREE A E E Eaa EEEE 2 Programming Jesse eege A ideal Usage e E E 3 Station as a View Manager E 3 Typical Sample Frograrmmmtng sekeEuENEKERENENENEEENENENEEENEKENEEENENENEEENEEENEEENEKENEEENEKENEEENEK ENEE ENER A Station as a Work Offset En EE 4 Station as a 4 Axis WAM E 5 Station as a Tombstone Manager eeebeeegg ere degt EE 6 Station as a Multiplier Standard Usage 7 Station as a Multiplier Alternate Usage H 8 Station as a Multiplier Alternate Usage 2 stationman doc 091197 ii Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Commands This command works in two modes 1 When entered above the first tool command in your program it asks several questions and loads data much like a G10 in G code 2 Any time Station is commanded after the fist tool command it asks only 1 question Then when you enter the desired station G ZERO clears your drawing and redraws only the cutting instructions and geometry which belong to that station number Note to view all stations simultaneously enter STATION 0 then press F2 Please be sure to delete any STATION 0 commands before post processing WHAT STATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON NEXT Enter a number 1 or greater On most CNCs this corresponds to G54 thru G59 If you have
4. ition then when you call Station G ZERO automatically rotates the 4th axis for you stationman doc 091197 1 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager ORDER sp sp sp Determines the order sequence in which each station should be called s should be replaced by a number to identify each station p should be replaced by a letter to identify each different pattern For each tool the program will first read and store the patterns cutting instructions and geometry of all stations listed under that tool Then it will follow the ORDER sequence to work on the stations which contain the stored patterns If the list of stations do not fit on one line in your program use ORDER on the next line to continue the list ZSAFE n Sets safe z value to rapid to n whenever tombstone turns Note that your post must rapid to Z 43 before indexing B AXIS Example section 3029 43 G0Z 43 FCBOX xmin ymin zmin xmax ymax zmax Tells NC Verify software to draw gray tombstone Typical example FCBOX 6 0 6 6 18 6 Note Must have one space after so that feedrates are not altered F ot TLEN n Tells NC Verify software to draw tool length of n value HOLDER HOLDER OFF Tells NC Verify software to draw standard tool holder NC Verify is Sirius System s solid modeling program and it is sold separately stationman doc 091197 2 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Programming Tips Ideal Usage of
5. oint 15 Point 16 Station 5 17 Drill g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 5 f20 etc 4 5 3 6 90 1 Z 2 0 stationman doc 091197 7 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Station as a Multiplier Alternate Usage 1 When all 4 sides of the cube are identical use Station to describe the side and use BCOPY to copy around the cube 1 Man xminO xmax2 ymin 3 ymax0 thk2 typeO STELALOY 2 Station 1 x0 y0 z0 b0 3 Station 2 x3 y0 z0 b0 4 Station 3 x3 y 3 z0 b0 5 Station 4 x0 y 3 z0 b0 6 Station 5 x0 y 6 z0 b0 7 Station 6 x3 y 6 z0 b0 8 BCOPY 4 8100 9100 Where 4 number of sides on tombstone 8100 Sub to start at for main Subs 9100 Sub to start at for G10 Subs 9 ZSAFE 5 5 10 Tool 1 dia 1 flutes2 type29 CENTERDRILL 11 Station 1 do one whole part Same part on all 4 sides of the tombstone Multiplied 6 times on each side stationman doc 091197 8 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Station as a Multiplier Alternate Usage 2 To use one Multiply at several Stations program a different Station for each side of the cube and then use Multiply with the special sta360 flag Note Number of groups must be equal to the number of Stations Mat Station Station Station Station Multiply NO OR Ga MA Then just program for one part and let Station and Multiply do the work 8 Tool 1 9 Station xminO xmax2 ymin 3 ymax0 thk2 typeO STELALOY 1 x0 y0 z0 b0 2 x0 y0
6. or each side of the part to machine 1 Mat xminO xmax5 ymin 2 5 ymax0 thk2 typeO STELALOY 2 Station 1 x0 yO z0 b A Station 2 x6 5 y0 z3 b0 Then let Station handle all the XYZ offsets for you automatically A Tool dia 875 flutes2 type20 HSS Drill 5 Station 1 6 Drill g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 1 7 5 7 Point X1 5 y 1 25 8 Point X3 5 y 1 25 9 Station 2 10 Drill g83 zrap 1 zcut 4 5 pecks6 tipO zret 1 f4 3 11 Point x1 y 1 25 End G55 Station 2 Top G54 Station 1 Seat stationman doc 091197 4 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Station as a 4 Axis Manager To work on several sides of the same part on a 4 axis vertical mill program a new Station for each new angle to machine 1 2 3 4 Mat Station Station xminO xmax8 ymin 2 5 ymax0 thk2 typeO STELALOY 1 x0 y0 z0 b0 2 x0 y0 z 5 b 90 ZSAFE 3 5 Then let Station control angles and offsets 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 stationman doc 091197 Tool 1 Station Drill Point Point Station Drill Grid Grid Tool 2 Station Drill Repeat Tool 3 Station Drill Repeat dia 1 flutes2 type29 CENTERDRILL 1 g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 5 f20 x1 5 y 1 25 x3 5 y 1 25 2 g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 5 f20 dia 25 SMALL HOLES 2 from12 thru13 dia 875 BIG HOLES 1 from8 thru9 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Station as a Tombstone Manager To program seve
7. ral sides of a tombstone on a horizontal mill use Station with both an offset and an angle oa P Go MA Mat Station Station Station Station xminO xmax3 ymin 5 ymax0 thk3 typeO STELALOY 1 x0 y0 z0 b0 2 x10 y0 z 8 6 b0 3 x0 y0 z0 b90 4 x 10 y0 z 8 6 b90 ZSAFE 2 1 Then let Station control angles and offsets 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 stationman doc 091197 Tool 1 Station Drill Point Point Point Station Drill Grid Station Drill Point Point Point Tool 2 Station Drill Repeat etc dia 1 flutes2 type29 CENTERDRILL 1 g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 5 f20 3 g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 5 f20 4 g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 5 f20 dia 25 SMALL HOLES 3 from15 thru15 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager Station as a Multiplier Standard Usage When machining identical parts ORDER can be used to link Station commands This produces results much like 36 Multiply but with B axis moves interspersed Mat l xmin 2 xmax2 ymin 4 ymax2 thk3 typeO STELALOY Station 1 x0 y0 z0 b Station 2 x4 y0 z0 b Station 3 x4 y4 z0 b0 Station 4 x0 y4 z0 b0 Station 5 x0 y0 z0 b90 Station 6 x0 y 4 z0 b90 ORDER 1A 2A 3A 4A 5B 6B ZSAFE 6 0 OO OO d OO P Go MA Then call Station only twice for each type of part 10 Tool 1 dia 1 flutes2 type29 CENTERDRILL 11 Station 1 12 Drill g81 zrap 1 zcut 1 pecks1 tipO zret 5 f20 14 P
8. z0 b90 3 x0 y0 z0 b180 4 x0 y0 z0 b270 xn2 yn3 xs2 75 ys 3 667 gn4 gs0 sta360 ZSAFE 8 1 dia 1 flutes2 type29 CENTERDRILL 1 do one whole part Same part on all 4 sides of the tombstone Multiplied 6 times on each side WARNING Multiply used this way will use G92 to offset some parts stationman doc 091197 Station Advanced Work Offset Manager
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