Intro to Puma TT1800SY w/ Fanuc 18T Controller

[u6crash]

Just a little about myself...I originally joined this site with the intentions of building a small woodworking CNC for the purposes of building guitars, but other projects got in the way. Now I find myself in a new position at work running a Doosan Puma TT1800SY with a Fanuc 18T controller. The problem is I know very little about it. Basically I'm a trained monkey with just enough information to pull up programs, do setups, and run the parts.

I'd like to learn more so that I can advance further in the company, but I don't know where to start. I've been training on this machine for two months and only recently learned that the controller isn't exclusive to the machine. Are there books I should read? Videos I should watch? What do you suggest? Thank you in advance for your suggestions!

[sld4121]

Well you sure picked a helluva machine to start with - lol - twin spindle, twin turret, and Y axis milling. The good news is, a lot of builders will use the same control on their machines. There will also be a ton of videos out there showing various ways to use that much capability.

The bottom line though will be how imaginative are you when machining your parts. What operations can you combine on one spindle to save time and balance your cycles. I don't know much about your skill level, but based on your remarks, I will presume you have a limited amount of programming and machining knowledge.

So, if you want to become valuable to your company. First, you need to be a good machinist and understand the basics of metal removal. Then you can graduate to how to program simpler machines as in 2 axis lathes or 3 axis mills. Then you will be ready to tackle a machine with these capabilities.

[u6crash]

I had a feeling this was the backwards way to do it, but that's about par for the course at my company. There are three other people that can run this machine at our plant. Only one of them can write a program from scratch. We have one other TT1800SY, a couple Haas machines, a couple older B&O machines, and two Hautau cutoff lathes. Prior to January, I was in the office doing shipping and receiving paperwork and supervising the shift. Now I'm in a whole new world and they aren't going to give me any more instruction. They like to keep people in the dark. It's going to be about what I can learn on my own at work and outside of work. The only thing that might give me a slight edge is that I have experience programming in other computers languages (BASIC, C, HTML) so logic flow is not foreign to me.

[sld4121]

Fear not - all is not lost.
Start with a basic CNC class at your local tech college.
See if that is what you really want to do.
Then see what programs they have for a CNC or Tool and Die.
If you have the aptitude, the instructors will notice and a good company will hire you in a heartbeat.

Additionally, the machine you are running is designed for more production than anything else. However, I do believe it is in their best interest to give you more than just rudimentary training. Crashing a machine like that can get expensive in a big hurry.

[jamess497]

Good day everyone! I am James Spader. I found this site interesting and of course we can interact also to other members as well. Hope to find new more friends here. I’m positively looking forward to the forum and its members hope all will guide, share and help me to increase my knowledge.





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