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A-Axis Spinning Wrong Way

pelseyHYPS2
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A-Axis Spinning Wrong Way

pelseyHYPS2
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I'm new to the world of 4th axis machining so this might seem like a stupid question but it is stumping me. 

 

I have a part I am putting a tapered 12 deg angle in the back. This part rides on another and is critical to be free to chatter, burrs etc. I started to cut it(from the side so I could get closer to the top of the flutes) and it was chattering and overloading the tool because it was digging. I decided to remove some material prior to cutting these angles with a small 1/4" endmill. As shown below...Clearence Cutting .png I ran the piece again and it hogged out an area but when it brought around the next tool it rotated 90 deg the wrong direction. On the simulation on fusion it does not show this as being an issue as shown below. Tapered Lobes Cutting .pngCan someone tell me what I am missing here? I've never had this problem before on other parts I have ran on the rotary. I'm missing something and I apologize for the stupid question but if you don't know you don't know 😂

 

 

Attached is a link to the file too

 

https://a360.co/3USn4Uh   

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seth.madore
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The link you shared does not permit downloading of the file. Please share it again with that option enabled. It sounds to me that perhaps you might have a new post processor or machine configuration and you just need to reverse the direction of the A axis


Seth Madore
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pelseyHYPS2
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Yeah I thought it might be somethere in the post processor. Haven't changed anything on it and have wrote hundreds of programs with no issue. Oh well. Here is a new link sorry about that 

 

https://a360.co/3USn4Uh

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programming2C78B
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Simply look for either of these options in your Post window

programming2C78B_0-1714736850890.png

programming2C78B_1-1714736863651.png

 

 

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pelseyHYPS2
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Hmmm... I'll try it. Not sure why suddenly I have to do this.... 

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pelseyHYPS2
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Makes no difference with either suggestion... still rotating away from me cutting the wrong side 

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programming2C78B
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is the output code the same? One 90*, the other -90*? Then you can see if its a controller issue and maybe it only accepts one value, and you'll need to use 270* instead of a -90*, for example. 

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