Swiss lathes programming
Machine requirements
Swiss type lathe is designed for the fully automatic complete machining of the turn-milling parts. It has two spindles and two or more channels. SprutCAM 16 doesn’t support the swiss lathes with 3 or more channels. The most popular swiss lathes (Hanwha, NEXTTURN, Citizen Cincom) has the common structure. They have 2 channel, main and counter spindles, groups of tool to work with main or with counter spindle. This structure is described in the ..SprutCAM\Supplements\SwissTemplate.xml that must be ancestor for all user swiss lathes schemas. Example of HANWA 32 machine based on SwissTemplate.xml is also included into the machines list of the standard package.
Swiss lathe project template
The project creation workflow has 2 stages: consecutive operation planning and channels synchronization.
Consecutive operation process template is shown below:
Part 1 (main spindle)
Bar feeding
Operations to machine in the main spindle
Part-off
Takeover (synchronized with part-off)
Part 2 (counter spindle)
Operations to machine in the counter spindle
Video below shows how to create the simple swiss lathe project.
Reordering and channels synchronization
Operations list must be reordered before the dividing onto the channels. It can be done in the sequencing mode. Reordering is done automatically for Swiss lathes and don't need any manual actions from user.
Default operations reordering mode is assigned in the swiss template. If Swiss lathes reordering mode is activated then the operations of the second part are placed in the beginning of the reordered list.
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