Programming part variations with block skip

[kmuller]

Is it posible with proman to post 2 parts with slight variations into 1 program and switch between parts using block skip?

[Al_The_Man]

I am not familier with your controller, but if you are refering to G31 block skip, first, to activate it normally requires a contact closure into a dedicated input.
If the switch/contact is activated in a G31 block it will terminate any moves that are in the bloc and simply drop through to the next block in line.
Al.

[cncwhiz]

Originally Posted by kmuller Is it posible with proman to post 2 parts with slight variations into 1 program and switch between parts using block skip?

Al,
This is a Pro engineer issue. Kirk is the production manager and I am the programmer at our company. We make some parts that are 95% the same but the way that pro e runs we have to do seperate setups to run these parts. We can and have built programs by hand that can run both parts by turning block delete on or off to produce one part or the other. We want to automate this in pro manufacturing?

Cncwhiz

[JonasC]

First of all I wonder if you would like to discuss how you could outputthe command for blockskipping in ProE (to the postproc) or whether you want to know how to handle the actual programming in ProE (or both?)

With regards to output a command to the cl data for the pp to recognize that you want a certain comand(block skip) the easiest way would be to just insert a CL command. This could be done "manually" in ProE or via a mapkey or a copied nc seqwith just this info. You then need to configure your post to handle this command.

If you are referring to the actual programming of theese 2 similar parts there are quite a few ways to achieve this but I would need so see an example. If it isnt to high a security issue feel free to contact me and I can have a look at them. And I dont mean that as an consultancy suggestion. Free of charge of course in the spirit of this board.

Thanks/ Jonas