We only use EIA on ours. Mazatrol is just an added bonus because it's the best Conversational programming machine on the planet. Additionally, Mazak somehow has the best EIA/G-Code control I've dealt with as far as Macro programming goes, and quite frankly blows the other's out of the water with the smooth/quick EIA and being able to simply put your finger on a line code and navigate screens. It's a shame Mazak doesn't boast how powerful the Smooth Mitsubishi controls are with EIA, compared to the competition like DMG that are also Mitsubishi controls but are very convoluted and don't have NEAR the simplicity compared to the Smooth controls and honestly stink in their Conversational programming compared to Mazatrol.
I’ve used subs alot in the past on fanuc and just recently discovered m97, local sub routine, and I wanna incorporate these on a mazak lathe so I can program a broach operation in g code that I can edit the geometry of and call it up when needed then call back to the next unit in mazatrol. Was going to loop in incremental and change the typical variables based on prints. My coworker was showing me his broaching job and had 135 lines of manual program in his mazatrol, and I’m thinking I can do that in 15 lines in g code.
We only use EIA on ours. Mazatrol is just an added bonus because it's the best Conversational programming machine on the planet.
Additionally, Mazak somehow has the best EIA/G-Code control I've dealt with as far as Macro programming goes, and quite frankly blows the other's out of the water with the smooth/quick EIA and being able to simply put your finger on a line code and navigate screens. It's a shame Mazak doesn't boast how powerful the Smooth Mitsubishi controls are with EIA, compared to the competition like DMG that are also Mitsubishi controls but are very convoluted and don't have NEAR the simplicity compared to the Smooth controls and honestly stink in their Conversational programming compared to Mazatrol.
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coming from a programming side of Mastercam and Esprit, this is very interesting. I want to learn it all, and this video is awesome!
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I’ve used subs alot in the past on fanuc and just recently discovered m97, local sub routine, and I wanna incorporate these on a mazak lathe so I can program a broach operation in g code that I can edit the geometry of and call it up when needed then call back to the next unit in mazatrol. Was going to loop in incremental and change the typical variables based on prints.
My coworker was showing me his broaching job and had 135 lines of manual program in his mazatrol, and I’m thinking I can do that in 15 lines in g code.
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is EIA an acronym?