I Just got my VF2SS and Universal Robot UR10 is coming in the next week. I have some ?'s

Tbarber · Dec 8, 2022

I'm excited about it everything, but I'm a 1-man shop. Luckily the parts I will be running with the robot are large quantity small aluminum parts about .250" x.250 " x 1.25 " long. I think I have figured out the best way I'm going to use the robot to help me with this, but one thing I dont know and cant find online is any information from HAAS or Renishaw on if there's some way that if a tool break's and then the tool break detection notices that its not there, instead of stopping and alarming out it just swaps to a secondary sister tool (the same size). I'm sure there's some macros for this but all I see is tool life usage limits.

Thanks for any information.

Ox · Dec 8, 2022

Q: If you break a tool, is it OK in your app to mix the parts?

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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

Matt@RFR · Dec 8, 2022

Ox said:
Q: If you break a tool, is it OK in your app to mix the parts?

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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

And what if the broken tool is still in your part?

Orange Vise · Dec 8, 2022

You shouldn't need tool breakage detection in aluminum unless it's some high Si or super gummy grade.

If this is standard 6061/7075/2024, you'll probably want the machine to stop under the normal Haas breakage detection routine. It means something actually went wrong, like coolant starvation or birds nesting.

thunderskunk · Dec 8, 2022

I was incredibly confused for a bit there. I thought you were the reincarnation of Barbter, whom I’m pretty sure I learned macro programming from posts, which I used to do exactly what you’re trying to do.

mhajicek · Dec 9, 2022

This is a question I've also wondered about. So far my quantities have been low enough not to make it an issue. I'd think how you want the program to react, is if a broken tool is detected, discard the part, grab a fresh tool, and start a new part from scratch. If it happens a second time in a row, alarm out and wait for help, ideally sending a message (email or SMS).

Ox · Dec 9, 2022

I would want to start a new "finished" parts tray as well.

Without quarantining the last parts off before the new tool, I would rather the whole thing stopped there, rather than keep burying the last parts.

Of course, this would be part application dependent.

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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

Tbarber · Dec 9, 2022

Orange Vise said:
You shouldn't need tool breakage detection in aluminum unless it's some high Si or super gummy grade.

If this is standard 6061/7075/2024, you'll probably want the machine to stop under the normal Haas breakage detection routine. It means something actually went wrong, like coolant starvation or birds nesting.

True. Once programs are proofed Im able to have tools run for months, I did get the auto coolant refill so hopefully it helps with coolant issues

Orange Vise · Dec 11, 2022

The coolant refill is cool. We have them on 10 of our machines.

It doesn't do a great job maintaining concentration, so keep that in mind. It's okay to run it a little rich and dilute with water periodically.

Still a huge time saver.

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