[spricehorse]

I have an 80's vintage Ikegai ft20U with a Fanuc 6t B controller, that I am trying to program the live tooling on. My manual gives me little guidance. I have learned that I invoke milling mode by commanding M18. After doing so however I am lost. I can command a M29 C/H__ (spindle orientation) and it orients the spindle, but then it just sits there until I hit reset. the cycle start light stays lit, no alarm, as if it is waiting for some additional command or signal. When I command a tool move such as G01 X__, it just sits there, no axis movement and the cycle start light illuminated but no movement until I hit the reset button. Any suggestions would be welcome or if anyone knows where I could find a program or a manual on programming the rotary tool on this old beast I would appreciate it.

[ifixcnc]

If you are in single block and the cycle start light stays on, it is not done with the block it is on.

[Heavy_Metal]

Hi,

Can you post some g-code.
Try something like this;

%
O100 ( DRILL - 5.0MM )
T0202 G98 M18
G00 G28 H0 (or C0)
G97 S3200 M03 (or M13 - M23 ??)
/M08
G00 X50. Z10. C0
G83 R-5. Z-15. Q5000 F300
C90.
C180.
C270.
G00 G80 Z50. M05 ( M15 - M25 ???)
G00 X200. Z150. M09
G99 M17 ?? ( Back to turning-mode)
M30
%

G99, turning-mode, F0.25 (mm/rev.)
G98, milling mode, F500 (mm/min)
Or there other codes for Break (High/Low), C-axis ON/OFF ???

Regards,
Heavy_Metal.

[spricehorse]

thank you much for your help. i now have some functionality. i would like to find a manual that shows programming for the live tooling on the ikegai ft20 U. Thank You.

[sinha_nsit]

Use G98.

[spricehorse]

thanks for the help. It turns out on this machine that IPM is not commanded with a G98. Instead, G68 commands IPM and G69 is IPR. I could not find any documentation on this, but I figured out that G98 did nothing and so I just started putting in G codes until G68 shifted it to IPM and now I can use feeds when running the rotary tool. I am soooo happy. thank you all.

[fordav11]

C-axis and live tool M codes are usually specific to manufacturer. there is no standard so you need the Ikegai manuals.
The Ikegai programming manual should list all of the M codes.
Take a photo of that page and post it here then we can help you with the G-Code.

[sinha_nsit]

I do have information about i series Fanuc control, but I don't think it would work on your control the same way.

[fordav11]

the i-series and 6T are 20 years apart! of course it's not going to work.
you really just need the Ikegai programming manuals for your machine......