Tree jurneyman 330/camsoft conntrols

[ARC@Daybreak]

I have a Tree Jurneyman 330 that I am converting to CAMSoft pro. Does anybody out there have the information needed for the settings page? I have never seen this machine run. The electronics were fried when I got it. I have never done a retrofit before and I have no experience with CamSoft. So of course I jumped in with both feet.
Thanks
Alan

[Chaka]

I am not familiar with this machine. However, the company I work for , Ai Control Systems, has done CNC retrofits professionally and internally for our own use and others. When we did our first CamSoft retrofit. We did it for ourselves on a Bridgeport Series II with a dead Boss controller. We got lucky and found someone who sold us the electrical drawings for the machine. The endoder cables were shot from flexing. We replaced the spindle Drive with an AC tech. Later we replaced the Contraves NC400 servo drives.

If you get all the specs on the mechanics, drives and motors an experienced controls engineer will be able to figure out the settings.



The Contrave Drive Replacement

Before



After, I don't miss all the fans




Camsoft work prettwell, the machine is as accurate as we hoped. The new drives are much smoother then the old ones. We never did get the automated tool changer working. I think we may do it with a PLC. We have some around.

[Al_The_Man]

Originally Posted by ARC@Daybreak I have a Tree Jurneyman 330 that I am converting to CAMSoft pro. Does anybody out there have the information needed for the settings page? I have never seen this machine run. The electronics were fried when I got it. I have never done a retrofit before and I have no experience with CamSoft. So of course I jumped in with both feet. Thanks Alan

You need to find out the encoder resolution counts/rev and resolution after all reduction, ballscrew lead etc.
Hopefully you have the original machine schematics etc?
Al.

[Karl_T]

Originally Posted by ARC@Daybreak I have a Tree Jurneyman 330 that I am converting to CAMSoft pro. Does anybody out there have the information needed for the settings page? I have never seen this machine run. The electronics were fried when I got it. I have never done a retrofit before and I have no experience with CamSoft. So of course I jumped in with both feet. Thanks Alan

You're in over your head. Camsoft is a fairly complex control to install. I got lost on my first installation and I had already done one machine to Ahha and another to Mach. Plus, I have a pretty fair background in controls.

That said, just because you're in too deep don't mean you can't do it. Impossible just takes a little longer.

First, study the heck out of that manual. Everything is in there but not in an obvious order. It will seem confusing at first. Keep re-reading it till it makes sence.

Take baby steps. Restore "MIL2DPC.CBK" from CNCsetup. This is a default setup that will let your make sure you got the software and cards installed correctly. Then concentrate on on the more simple things like getting all your limit switches working.

Then study the manual again. its all in there.

Then get everything you can find about your servos and drives and encoders to us. There's a great bunch of folks here that will give you good advice.

Then, I'd suggest you study the heck out of that manual, its all in there.

Karl

[ARC@Daybreak]

Thanks for the comments. I'll pop in from time to time with another stupid question or five.

Alan

[davesnd]

If you are scrapping electrical parts of your tree mill I am interested in a motion card and a servo drive card from the tree/dynapath system. If those parts are not the ones that are 'fried' then pm me eh?

[ARC@Daybreak]

Dave,

I'm not getting rid of anything tonight but I will save your contact info.

Alan