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Hello Folks,
I'm thinking hardly about acquiring a used Mazak Integrex200Y Millturn machine.

It uses and old Fusion640MT control with floppy drive data input. I'm planning to use Fusion for the CAM side of things.
My purchasing decision is a bit dependent on the feasibility of the project in terms of LCNC retrofit. So far i have the following requirements and parts of a solution for it:

Starting with the

Kinematics:
Since its a 5 axis Mill-turn machine i need a custom Kinematics file with switchable TCP function. Additionally the Y-Axis is interpolated with the
X- Axis and an auxiliary Y1-Axis.

Axis in Question:
X - Linear
Y - Virtual Linear
Z - Linear
C - 360° Rotary
B - +/- 90° Rotary


I've played around with ChatGPT and it seems to be somehow possible. But i would prefer an answer from a knowledgeable human being

Hardware:
I found the cards from yurtaev.com. So it should be technically possible to reuse the old Mitsubishi spindle and servo drives.

Turning + C-Axis + Clamping:
Since it is a Mill-Turn, the lathe spindle can be used as a traditional turning spindle but also as a C-Axis for 4/5 Axis simultaneous or 3+2 with clamping. I assume this involves also a bit of PP work to tell the machine when to clamp/unclamp ?
Is this possible to implement in LCNC ?

Hydraulic Tail Stock:
The machine has an hydraulically activated tailstock that moves into position by the help with the Z-Axis. I assume i can implement this functionality
with custom M-Codes and some work in the PP?

EDIT: RotarySMP Pointed my in the right direction, i will use a custom comp.#

Postprocessor:
I've read in the forum that the Fusion Nakamura-Tome Mill-Turn PP is quiet well implemented by Autodesk. Since it is for a Fanuc Control, it should be less work to get it going for LCNC? Or does anybody has a better idea?

In general I'm interested in your opinion of the whole project and please tell me if I've overseen some major pitfalls.

Thank you all in advance!

Kind regards,
Jochen



 

With system I ment the drive and motor. They will not "know" if I pulled the plug on purpose (punishment), because I did not know better.
Or if the lost connection were due to wear and tear or insufficient assembly (not to be punished).
So my take is that I need to pay more attention to detail in the future, because I might have damaged a drive or two without beeing aware of the importance of the wiring.

Greetings Timo