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English is not my first language, so forgive me if I'm a bit ambiguous, it's not the intention. CAM workstation (running some "generic" CAM package with machin
by rmu09 8y ago
English is not my first language, so forgive me if I'm a bit ambiguous, it's not the intention.
CAM workstation (running some "generic" CAM package with machine specific configuration) in some office building was the precondition, in that case it will never make much sense to control a machine's servos from that workstation, in my opinion.
Integrating the CAM within the machine itself is something else, and yes, stuff like that existed for very long time, but that is something completely different IMHO.
The machine controller "knows" the physical limits because somebody configured it (and "locked" it). It would be hard to guarantee the integrity of this configuration if you put it on an arbitrary workstation to run CAM and machine control.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoThere will always be some sort of interface between CAM and other design tools and the physical apparatus to execute assembly. I think we're all just being pedantic in this thread; is it likely you're going to hook your workstation directly to the multi-axis mill? No. Is it more likely we're going to have some sort of queue and bus that'll allow you to send more complex instruction sets to assembly systems? I think so (based on my interaction with a firm who is doing this for high precision additive manufacturing). What that looks like is going to depend on the complexity of your shop floor, and manufacturing demands.