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Fadal has a program called assist that works pretty easily. I would think they would provide it to.

What year is your machine? Ours came with ISA slots.

Can't remember exactly how much it was. Do a search on google and you should find a website for them. Hope it works out for you.

Have you guy's ever heard of Lemoine? It actually takes over the axes of your fadal does automatic 3d scanning. It also has it's own cam software on board so you can make diferent machining...

Rekd,
Unfortunately when I started at the place I work now the only machining centers in the place were two Millatronics. Oh my how far we've came.

We have a 6030 Fadal, 2 6030 Mazaks, Makino V55, Makino SNC64 GS, and a Okuma MCVA2 (which is a large vertical bridge. Unfortunetaly we have 2 4020 Fadals also. I say run from Fadal's they are...

Scott_Bob,
I use the HSM concept every day when I say will the Fadal take the beating I'm not talking about the spindle because you are right you should never really see a dramatic...

Now we're getting somewhere. I'm not a big fan of retrofit mostly because we have a Lemoine system and I believe it to be a joke. I am how ever a believer in technology and I do believe it would be...

Scott_bob,
I personally have worked with Fadals, Mazak,Okuma,Makino, actually we have all of those in our shop right now. I keep watching you talk about HSM as being those feedrates...

We just purchased a MCVAII. It's 80x60x54, 50 taper, 30 hp, and has hi square nc it's very big and very fast for such a large machine. Has a big price tag with it too!

rob2424,
What kind of okuma is that? Is that on a u100 controller