HUGE Mazak fully automated 5 axis laser tube cutter
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08 Jul 2025 01:42 #331497
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HUGE Mazak fully automated 5 axis laser tube cutter was created by tommylight
Been tasked with making this monstrosity work as it was delivered, mounted, installed, but never tested nor shown it actually works. It is a Mazak with Fanuc controls, has probably over 30 axis in total, pneumatic, Oxygen, 4KW of laser power, nearly 40 meters long, works with 15 meter long tubes, etc, etc.
Took me nearly a whole day to figure out everything due to no prior experience with such machines, and having 3 separate PC's controlling it did not help, but a bit of fiddling and by the evening it was fully working, loading files included.
Next day was spent with the CAM portion and teaching a young employee (actually one of the owners sons) about the procedures of transferring files, copying them into the Fanuc memory, opening and running them, homing everything (3 separate homing procedures), measuring the material (done automatically), adjusting feeds and speeds, adjusting laser power and air assist, changing nozzles, recovering from failed cuts, resetting sensors used for area safety, etc, etc.
Took me nearly a whole day to figure out everything due to no prior experience with such machines, and having 3 separate PC's controlling it did not help, but a bit of fiddling and by the evening it was fully working, loading files included.
Next day was spent with the CAM portion and teaching a young employee (actually one of the owners sons) about the procedures of transferring files, copying them into the Fanuc memory, opening and running them, homing everything (3 separate homing procedures), measuring the material (done automatically), adjusting feeds and speeds, adjusting laser power and air assist, changing nozzles, recovering from failed cuts, resetting sensors used for area safety, etc, etc.
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08 Jul 2025 01:46 #331498
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