The determining factor is your CAM program. It's pretty easy to add in a dwell time on most post processor so that on every "penup" move (Z moving up) you have the CAM put in a dwell of XX seconds then lift the head. Another way is to open the G-code file in a simple word processor (Notepad will work) and find every Z up move (should all be the same value to the Z rapid height) and use the "Replace" command in the Edit tool to just put a G04 PXX (where XX is in seconds)
So a line like
G01 Z-.050 F40
G00 Z 1.00
Would look like
G01 Z-.050 F40 (go down to cut height at a feedrate of 40IPM))
G04 P3 (pause for 3 seconds)
G00 Z 1.00 (go back to 1 in above the material)
Obviously your code will not look exactly like that. If you have a more sophisticated editor that will let you Find and Replace one line with several it will be easier. |