Fanuc Post processor for horizontal mill running XYZ head and C rotary as the table.

[Nathan_at_Doughty]

Hi All, 

I am having trouble getting my post processor for the Horizontal mill I am trying to program. I have been through the guides as best i can but i cant seem to get the configuration right. so hopefully some of the gurus on here will be able to point me in the right direction 👍 

I am running a Hardinge bridgeport XR 700HMC with fanuc 18i MB controls - it has XY and Z on the head (spindle) and the table/rotary is on a c axis rotating around the Y axis if I am looking at it correctly. Which seems to be complicating things as i only tend to see the B axis posts to rotate the 4th axis around the Y not C which is what this machine uses. Im new to Horizontal machining so apologies if this is an obvious fix. 

Thanks, 

Nathan

[Fabbunny69 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Nathan_at_Doughty 

Did you use this guide?

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-post-processor-forum/how-to-set-up-a-4-5-axis-machine-configurati...

It helped me a lot.

Be sure to disable the aAxis config line and add the cyclic option if your cAxis has full 360 rotation.