[Mr_T]

Hi !
I have a MA60 Horisontal mill and would like to lock the B-axis in one of my programs.
Anyone now of an M-Code for that?
The parts i have are to big for the machine to rotate, and i dont want a rotation to be possible in this program.
/Otto

[Algirdas]

check the B-axis specification if it has (hydraulic ? ) clamp first.
If You want to avoid an human error, You can set B-axis limits (in case if they are on cotrol for B-axis)

[Superman]

The parts i have are to big for the machine to rotate, and i dont want a rotation to be possible in this program.

Remove ALL references to B axis from your program
- so when you load your part/fixture, there is NO COMMAND to force it to rotate

With the part removed
-Dry run your progam with the B axis rotated to another angle (say B15.), so that if it tries to do any rotation, it will be seen, and that reference can then be removed

[OkumaWiz]

You might be able to turn on axis inhibit for the B in your parameters on that machine.

Best regards,

[cncDecoder]

Just make sure u don't rotate at all, or if you have had to rotate make sure to rotate back to machine B0 in the most direct way (M15/M16 selection).
The machine will want to be at B0 for the Pallet change, and will attempt to move to machine B0 at a M60 command.

[Mr_T]

Thanks for your replies
I will remove all B-axis moves in the program, that would make it fool-proof