I recently came across an article highlighting the thoughts of Elon Musk … one of my heroes … regarding artificial intelligence as he was addressing a symposium at MIT. In the article he compared the use of AI to the “summoning of a demon” and called it one of the “biggest threats to humans.” “With […]
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As we continue to ramp up our sister woodworking company … KÄRV … we continue to demonstrate and prove our mantras for our Kipware® machine shop software. Metalworking operations … woodworking operations … both have a lot of similarities and requirements and we continue to prove our Kipware® real world machine shop design and features in our
X-Carve Programming … Shop Floor Programming … with KipwareM® Read More »
If you have ever worked and lived on the shop floor … as we did for over 30+ years … you know there is a difference between programming in a job shop type environment … what we call every day programming / shop floor programming … and complex “die and mold” programming which is the true
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… when it’s a set-up sheet as well. Most people are familiar with the ability of most CNC controls to include COMMENTS in the CNC G code program itself. Comments are designated in a variety of ways from : ( THIS IS A FANUC AND OKUMA COMMENT ) … any text inside ( ) is
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Recently we have been working with some Kipware® conversational clients assisting them in setting up their Kipware® post processor blocks for their G code output. With the addition of our EIA MENU option … users now have greater flexibility in using machine functions ( M ) functions in their G code to accomplish specific tasks.
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Every once in a while we like to bring attention for our readers to new and innovative machining and workholding products and process that we feel are beneficial to our readers. Such is the case in the Making Chips post as we focus and bring attention to a new workholding clamp from Carr Lane Manufacturing
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In this post … we would like to touch on some of the points regarding cutter compensation … when turning angles and radii … on Fanuc based CNC controls. Many programmers shy away from cutter compensation … primarily because they have never taken the time to fully understand both it’s power nor how to use
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MOVE THAT VISE !!! … It could mean more years for your machine tool. It seems the simpler, often overlooked things can be the downfall of most shop equipment. Focusing on a few simple ideas can avoid those big repair bills and keep machine tools running like new much longer. When most setups are done
( NOTE : This article references FANUC controls but is basically applicable to all CNC controls. ) A machine is a machine is a machine. Just because the words CNC are attached to your machine tool doesn’t mean it doesn’t get old or lose it’s accuracy. And one of the main reasons your CNC machine
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