Setting up a mill-turn machine with dual spindles, upper milling head, and lower turret

Setting up a mill-turn machine with dual spindles, upper milling head, and lower turret

MasterMXX
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Setting up a mill-turn machine with dual spindles, upper milling head, and lower turret

MasterMXX
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Hi, I'm trying to set up a mill-turn machine with dual spindles. The upper head is a milling head with a 240-degree rotational axis, and the lower head is a turret with movements in the XYZ axes. I selected "Generic Dual Spindle Y-Axis Lathe with Live Tooling," but I can't figure out how to add the upper milling head.

Does anyone know how to do this?

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a.laasW8M6T
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Hi

 

I don't believe its possible to setup a machine like this in Fusion

 

Fusion doesn't Support Multi channel machines at this time.

The best you can get is to set it up like this without the Turret.

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Also be aware that Turning is not yet supported for Machine Simulation, You can do milling Machine simulation though

Andrew Laas
Senior Machinist, Scott Automation


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seth.madore
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@a.laasW8M6T correct, this machine is not supported. 

@MasterMXX To work around this limitation for now, you should define two separate machine configurations. 


Seth Madore
Customer Advocacy Manager - Manufacturing


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MasterMXX
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How did you change from "turret" to "head"? This option is grayed out for me, and I can't select it.

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MasterMXX
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@seth.madore Alright, thank you! I'll give it a try.

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