Defining Manufacturing Program for Multi-Spindle Machining

You can use spindle assignment to:

  • Select the spindle at operation level when dealing with multiple spindles.
  • Select the spindle at Machining Axis Change level to define the Reference Axis System (Spindle Part Axis System or Local Axis System).

See Also
Setting Up the Environment for Multi-Spindle Turning Machining
  1. Double-click the External Roughing operation in the Activities Process tree.
    1. Select the Position (Setup1) and the spindle (MainSpindle) corresponding to this position appears in the Spindle box.
    2. Check that all necessary parameters have been initialized (geometry, tool assembly, and so on).
    3. Click OK to confirm your modifications to the Machining Operation and to close the dialog box.
  2. Double-click the first Drilling.1 operation in the Activities Process tree.
    1. Select the Position and the spindle corresponding to this position appears in the Spindle box.
    2. Check that all necessary parameters have been initialized (geometry, tool assembly, and so on)
    3. Click OK to confirm your modifications to the Machining Operation and to close the dialog box.
  3. Double-click the Machining axis change entity (Swap to Counter Spindle) in the Activities Process tree.
    1. Select the Counter Spindle Part Axis machining axis in the Axis Name:.
    2. Select the Position and the spindle corresponding to this position appears in the Spindle box.
    3. Click OK to confirm your modifications to the Machining Operation and to close the dialog box.
  4. Double-click second Drilling.6 operation in the Activities Process tree.
    1. Select the Position Setup2 and the spindle corresponding to this position (CounterSpindle) appears in the Spindle box.
    2. Check that all necessary parameters have been initialized (geometry, tool assembly, and so on).
    3. Click OK to confirm your modifications to the Machining Operation and to close the dialog box.
  5. Right-click the Manufacturing Program in theActivities Process tree and select Compute Tool Path.

    All Machining Operations under Manufacturing Program are computed.

    The Activities Process tree now looks like this.

    • Part Operation: Multi-Slide Lathe machine
      • Manufacturing Program.1
      • Turning Tool Change.1
        • External Roughing
      • Turning Tool Change.2
        • Drilling.1
        • Swap to Counter Spindle
      • Turning Tool Change.3
        • Drilling.6 CS