Okuma+Mastercam

[kazmir44]

I was recently put in charge of managing and maintaining our posts. I have a machine floor with 30 machines that are programmed offline. Of the 30, 25 are Okumas, 2 mori seiki lathes, and 3 makino mills. We are currently using mastercam x2 to program all of our millwork. And mastercam 9 to program our lathes. We have 10 okuma lathes that except the exact same g-code. Including 2 with live milling capability. And we have a working version 9 post for the lathework.
One issue I have is with programming an okuma l470m and a lb45m. We actually program the lathe work and post it out with one post, then the mill work and post that out with another post. Then, edit out all the bs from our c-axis post, and paste the two together. This is time consuming, and to be quite frank, just a pain in the ass.
Another issue is with a 5 axis okuma mill. Which we program and post out with 2 different posts. One for the a-axis work and one for the flatwork. So all in all its not really being used as a true fully functional 5 axis machine.
I have been trying to work with my reseller to get these things fixed, but they can't meet the deadline, which is ASAP. I also want to advance my lathe programmers by moving on to x2. I have updated our okuma lathe post to x2 and have been using it for a few months now with no problems.
What I need is some guidance on how to make my good lathe post into a good c-axis lathe post. And my good mill posts into one good true 5 axis post.
Just want to be able to click post and have the post spit out a 100% good program that requires no manual editing by the programmer.
Please help or at least turn me in the right diretion.


Thanks,
Jake

[crazythunder]

When you contact your dealer and get them to talk to IN-House Solutions you will get posts that cost money, but a lot cheaper than the time you are wasting doing it the inefficient way. One post for all the problems you listed above will do it, but it is not free so do not think it is free. However they work do a good job and are what you need. Good luck

[LT1TRUCK]

How are you sending the files to the machines. I would like to use mastercam but the lathe reads dos okuma language.

[kazmir44]

In response to your question "How are you sending the files to the machines?"

We are using a dnc that is linked through our network to the machines.
We have a few machines that are connected directly to the network, I'm pretty sure you have to have the newer windows based controls to do this.
The only other way I can think of is to save the files on a usb drive, then upload them on the machine. Or a floppy disk. Depending on what options your control has.

HTH

Jake