I think this should be pretty simple: I'm strongly considering a Conquest 42 with live tooling but am unsure of which control it has. I read here and elsewhere that the Conquest had different options and offered both a spindle with simple indexing in one-degree increments, and a spindle with fullly coordinated C-axis functionality (CX or CZ coordinated movement with various types of interpolation, etc.)
Looking back at the photograph and the spec sheet on this machine, all it says is "GE Fanuc 0-T" on the bezel and in the specs. The specs show it has live tooling, but do not specifically say what version (e.g. Fanuc 0-TB or 0T-C) as seems to be mentioned in the hardinge programmer's manuals I received from Hardinge.
Anyway, can anyone with a Conquest 42 with full C-axis tell me what it says on the monitor's bezel? I suspect this minor variation in software version can only be determined by querying the machine itself - something the sales person says I must do when I come to see it (an eight-hour drive in one direction!)
I'd like to know BEFORE I drive all the way, because if it doesn't have the full C-axis, I need to look for a different machine.
Torin..
Looking back at the photograph and the spec sheet on this machine, all it says is "GE Fanuc 0-T" on the bezel and in the specs. The specs show it has live tooling, but do not specifically say what version (e.g. Fanuc 0-TB or 0T-C) as seems to be mentioned in the hardinge programmer's manuals I received from Hardinge.
Anyway, can anyone with a Conquest 42 with full C-axis tell me what it says on the monitor's bezel? I suspect this minor variation in software version can only be determined by querying the machine itself - something the sales person says I must do when I come to see it (an eight-hour drive in one direction!)
I'd like to know BEFORE I drive all the way, because if it doesn't have the full C-axis, I need to look for a different machine.
Torin..