Mazak 5 Axis Extreme Fast Cnc Machine - Machining Ability

[anonymous.youtuber]

I remember the mazak lathe we had in the factory. It was literally unbreakable, kept on working for years without any technical interventions. Superb engineers and very dedicated assembly workforce.

[OngNuocViet]

Start working with FANUC and MAZATROL since 1985 . I 'm 66 1/2 working 45 years in CNC and still working as full time CNC programmer machinist .
Today CNC is so much advanced, productive and complicated comparing to the 80's .
I love CNC up to the present but I will retire next 3 years . CNC has change my ways of daily living . WISER, PATIENT. CONFIDENT. FEARLESS . Thank you CNC .

[johnsmircic]

As a manual machinist w/ 40+ yrs experience in both small and large parts (lathe, mill, hbm, vtl)I believe what you fellas do in nothing short of miraculous!!! Yea, the new machines are phenomenal and have amazing capabilities, they don’t make a single move without your input and guidance. My hat is off to you, sir.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[charlesmorissette]

Holy crap imagine how tough it must be to test this program for collision when you are running it for the first time

[JF]

What's amazing to me is how heavy that trunnion is and YET it maintains accuracy. Just incredible.

[Maxid]

If I still had a tv set I could replace it with this. It's probably way more interesting than what's on tv anyway.

[MrWaalkman]

I'm integrating a Fanuc robot to a Integrex i-500S and while it is a cool machine, early on it suffered from toolchanger alignment issues, which once the toolchanger got properly aligned, hasn't had many problems with it since then. It also burned up the proportional valve for the H2 chuck. But these are really only "teething problems" (startup issues).

As for programming to the Mazak, it's going to do what it wants to do and you just have to adapt.

The most annoying thing about the Mazak is error messages, they could use some work, such as:

Commanding the door to open and close (a programming bug that I inherited from the original PLC code) will cause a door close time out. Even though the Mazak isn't trying to close the door. That's not helpful...

Random spindle faults on both heads and the mill. No idea as to what is causing that. Certainly not any issues with the spindles.


And just as bad (if not worse), the Mazak will fault out and just sit there at times. Most of these issues have been worked out, but it could be much better on their end. Specifically sending the PLC the error message (like a cutter out of spec, or a blank that is too long or too short) would keep me from having to come up with ways to figure that things aren't right with the lathe on my end. This is supposed to be a "lights out" process. Not if it keeps doing this.

Other things like telling the G code program to stop just inhibits the doors. Sigh...


There are a few more Mazaks on site, none of which I have anything to do with. And one had a nasty bug where the pallet conveyor lost its position but the error showed up as a "Z axis" fault. That took a week to sort out. Coincidentally, I got a call from a friend who had the same issue right after the tech left. I let them know what the Mazak tech (who was excellent) finally figured out. So Mazaks aren't all that friendly to their own it seems.

To get an idea as to where we are in the G code, I've asked the machinists to rotate the unused spindle to a specific position based on what tool they are using (for the first half of the operation H1 is unused, then H2 is unused from there on). I can read that position in the PLC which I'll interpret as to where the process is at any given time. It's a kludge, but it'll work.

Along with the PLC, the robot controller, and of course the Mazak, I'm using an excellent free SCADA package called "AdvancedHMI" (you should really check it out before wasting money on an HMI such as a Siemens or a Rockwell HMI). It takes the build sheet (in Excel format) and finds the parts that are to be built, how many, and in what order, and selects the appropriate program in the Mazak. It also displays what faults and messages that the Mazak does send to the HMI. This is all done in Visual Studio VB.Net.

Overall, the machinists are happy with it, which is good enough for me.

[printingwithlue]

Oh good see now what you've done!? Come here my baby lathe it's okay I won't let the scary robot lathe get you :pats little Wen on the head:

[morganeast]

A great vid of that mill 5 x pallet changer badass

[chrisyboy]

Can you actually prg a machine or do you just copy and paste other OEMs for clicks

[terry]

If we can 3D print a rough part and then 3D milling, may save a lot of material and save time in the milling machine. Of course, 3D print takes a longer time.

[ilikeoranges]

I love the sound of face milling steel

[glassandmetal]

Which online course could be good for graphic designing or coding parts of constructing it?

[thegambler]

Is the rotary that the fixture is mounted to on a slipring or is it rewinding itself?

[JohnDoe-rxvn]

I love watching tools making other tools

[ulli]

I feel like the cnc is just flexin on me

[khabaaustralia]

Some Barry White music should be dubbed over the clip

[jackbauer]

More like machining "agility" am I right 😂? ... I'll show myself out...

[tomsetlock]

Better be getting good money for them parts. Mazak is very expensive to repair.

[swedishpsychopath]

I don't think this will wok in a production setting? Fine for smaller things, like chess pieces, maybe?