Programming Manual Mazatrol Matrix Nexus G

People who are familiar with G-code programming have a difficult time adjusting to Mazatrol. The main reason is that in G-code programming, you are defining the tool path, whereas in Mazatrol you are defining part shape and the control figures out the tool path.

It requires a different mind set. I'll second that. Ive tried and tried to figure out that maztrol. Finaly i just said screw it. To bad though. Mazak must be desperate for technicians. Last week before I came out here to fort worth someone from there HR found my resume on monster.

When he called I told him I couldnt stand Mazak but he insisted on talking to me. He told me they would give me 6 weeks of training, re-locate me to VA.,and pay 85K a year plus travel and per diem. Sounded great but I told him again ' I dont like mazatrol'.

He told me to think it over and give him a call back but I dont think so. Have you had any training? Or are you just having a go at it?Training with a guy one year younger. He has a ton of experience on this machine and others like it such as the VQC.

Mazatrol Matrix/Smooth G Turning/Turning w/ Milling. Programming: Nat'l Training Center Florence. Quick Turn Nexus Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance with. Programming manual for mazatrol matrix for integrex iv programming eia/iso important notice. Notes: safety precautions s-1 safety precautions preface.

About all I accomplished was point machining and line machining. Mill ends, D&T, some circle milling and adding bolt circles, that kind of stuff. But then it gets harder and there's a lot of issues that come into play.

Like him wanting me to almost always program X-Y zero WPCs in the back LH corner. Not all the drawings are like that. Hey, I've been doing this kind of work since 1976 but I'm not quite ready to blend angles into radii while the print is upside down and backwards.

Hello, Yea, good luck with programming a mill with Mazatrol. The real cost is the down time and the inabilty to deal with solid models.

But you might be doing real simple stuff, you did not do a lot of describing your work. Office 2003 Professional Iso Deutsch Download Music. Your time would be much better spent learning a c.a.m.

I program my Mazak lathes with E.I.A., on a lathe it seems like you are always tunning things up at the machine but I would not even think about that on a mill, we use Esprit from D.P. I am learning Mazatrol myself, we have a MSY machine and the Mazatrol can really save you time with all of the canned cycles, most people love it for that. Mills, no way, I want to be sitting on my ass in the a.c. Watching Esprit put tool paths on a solid model spitting out code for programs that pass first article eazily 90% or better the first time! Wish I had better news for you! Have a nice day!

Sorry landm1 I should describe the work. Parts for folder/gluers (packaging machines) piecework and short run. Very short run, 6 pieces is a lot. A lot of 1018 square & flat, large 3/4' aluminum frame plates with a fair amount of detail, long flat bars that need 2 & 3 ops in 3 vices, some table and shaft work too. To hell with it, this is a tremendous amount of liabilites on parts with 20 or 30 features, plenty of chances to get it wrong. What's the advantage to re-programming the same jobs over and over? Why not just run proven programs with setup sheets?

Is it a good idea to rethink it all over again and risk screwing it up? And this machine, geez the graphics are the equivalent of 1976 video pong, what a friggin joke. Meanwhile we have g-code machines that are running the same programs from 1991 which work fine. And I'm always fine tuning and updating the setup sheets to optimize the setups with regards to cutting tools and workholding. I have enough to worry about trying to get a 6' insert carbide slitting saw to run down an 86' piece of 1x3 crms centrered on the 1' width within.002' with a 125'/127' width and 1.250' depth held to +.005' the whole length.

Now I was supposed to be responsible for programming counterbored slots, reamed holes, d&t, b/c's, milled lengths and shoulder depths on a part that was designed and already programmed in the early 90s. How stupid is that? Maybe these machines are made for 'look at me' hot dog showoffs that can whip stuff out without a single part feature flaw. So let's make the biplane stunt pilot fly the 747 and hope for the best? Nuh-uh sorry.

Oh yeah, rant over for now. Mazatrol milling is a handful more than turning. But, for a short run job shop, it can be the cat's meow, once you learn it. Get the programming manual out.

If you don't have one, call Mazak and get one. It has lots of good examples you can go. Good luck, GregThanks a bunch Greg, that's what I did. I dug the both the programming manual and the operating manual out of a cabinet. It is extremely helpful since this control uses a lot of abbrevations.

A lot of things just wern't explained to me, like how the program is structured. For example I pull up 'Point machining: tapping' and it gives me the three tools I need. That was never explained to me.

Then I was told for 'X-Y stock removal' always put '.1' well I did that on a 2' mill and it bit the edge of the workpiece and knocked it out of the jaws. I think what I'm dealing with is the old 'my sandbox I don't wanna share' not-so-hidden agenda. A lot of us have seen this. Me, I take pride in my training of people and glow on seeing them do well on their own.

I think I got just the opposite but I don't care anymore. The closet thing on earth to a mazatrol tutorial is the MAZATROL PROGRAMMING CLASSBOOK. (available in PDF, like all MAZAK books) This consists of nothing more than up to 25 year old part sketches (incorrect to call them 'blueprints') and print out's of the mazatrol program. (the sketches ahve been in use since the early 80's! The program print outs are updated as they went from M1 to M2 to M32 to M+ to Fusion to Matrix) As you look back and forth between the sketch and the program print out, you can glean how mazatrol is thinking. If you must be entirely self taught. The best way, in my opinion, is to have an accomplished mazatroller spend some on site face time going through the mazatrol do's and don'ts.

Like any computer app, there's a lot of 'technique' in mazatrol that easy if you know it and impossible if you dont. I used to work in APPS at Mazak, until the great layoffs there of early 2009. I spent a lot of my time there training, and 'everybody gets it sooner or later'.

I am an enthusiastic fan of mazatrol, especially for 2 axis lathe work. But Mazatrol is PLANER and can only machine 2-1/2 axis work on any mazak machine. If you search my name here, and 'jimiscnc' over at ******* and even integrexmachiniist, I have repeatedly tried to get new mazatrollers up to speed via internet message board.

If you can search some of my stuff up, I hope it would help you. Mazak lusting after a tech with 85 grand? I tried to get my old job back, after the opening was posted on their website, and after sending out my resume and cover, have not even received even the courtesy of a response. I think it's time to send them another application!

(Not really my old job - that went unfilled. It is actually an opening to replace another guy in my dept that quit Mazak a year after I was laid off.) -jim. Just re-read this thread. Mazatrol will eat upside down and backwards for breakfast! Mazatrol has the WPC Unit.

It is supposed to be either the second or third unit in a mazatrol milling program. This is an acronym for 'work piece coordinate' and is directly analogous to the 'G54-G54.1P256' EIA fixture offsets, with one profound piece of additional capability: The entire mazatrol program can be turned about Program Zero by 0 to 359.999 degrees! The WPC is within the program, it is not external registers like G54----, so you can program a WPC unit over and over and over if you need. Also, you can point the WPC to the external EIA G54 registers, or they even have 6 EXTERNAL WPC registers that can be used when you have a WPC that is the same as required for many program - like the X-Y offset on a stationary chuck with the axis vertical to the table. The DISPLAY MAP softkey/page is INVALUABLE to navigating mazatrol for non-mazakers. It is a shortcut roadmap to most everything a user would need.

(It is not a map of everything - navigating 'everything' is used mostly by factory and service techs) -jim. It took me a while to re-learn Mazatrol after 15 years away, but for straightforward parts it is very fast to program and set up. The tool management by tool description saves a bunch of time over dealing with tool numbers.

The probe also saves a lot of time locating work coordinates. The WPCs are much more efficient than G54. As was said earlier because they remain in the program.

I finally got my PFH networked this weekend with the help of my brother. Wow, what a time saver. No more RS232 for my on the PFH anyway. Without the programming manual I would have never figured it out though. The WPCs are much more efficient than G54. As was said earlier because they remain in the program. Would you please expand on this statement?

Are you in reference to a lathe or mill here? In a lathe - I can see (and use) the fixture offsets directly in my progs. No worries about not getting everything all set up the next time - as well it is quicker. But if your talking about a mill - I don't understand just how you can have your offsets in the prog. Unless you have dedicated fixturing, your setup could be over here, or over there,. A little bit from the last time eh?

And either way - on a Fanuc you can write to the G54's and such in the program if you want to as well via G10. I have never ran a Mazak, but I fear the day is getting closer and closer to when I may hafta break down and buy one. That will be a very hard sell tho if I can't find a machine that I want with a Fanuc on it tho. ESPECIALLY as you say that this control is really good for basic parts. Not much 'basic' goes through here. ------------------- Think Snow Eh!

• • • CNC Controls: Mazak Training CNC Controls: Mazak One of the more sophisticated computer numerical controls (CNC) used on the shop floor today is Mazak’s Mazatrol Matrix control. The Matrix control offers either conversational programming or more traditional G-code programming to run the machine tool.

Mazak machines are particularly known for quality construction and mill-turn capability. These classes describe the specific step-by-step instructions necessary for the basic operation of the Mazatrol Matrix control. Classes are split to address specifically either the mill or lathe version of the control. Students first learn how to power up, home the machine, and enter offsets. More difficult classes focus on activating and executing programs, adding programs from various storage methods, and using the editing features of the control. Classes 1 to 10 of 18 This class introduces the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix mill control panel and describes the steps for powering up and powering down the machine. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class introduces the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix lathe control panel and describes the steps for powering up and powering down the machine.

Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class discusses common safety issues concerning the Mazak mill, as well as OSHA and ANSI requirements for Mazak mill operators. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class discusses common safety issues concerning the Mazak lathe, as well as OSHA and ANSI requirements for Mazak lathe operators. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class discusses the various coordinates systems involving machine components and the considerations for selecting workpiece zero. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class discusses the various coordinate systems involving machine components and the considerations for selecting workpiece zero. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class provides an overview of offsets and the step-by-step instructions needed for measuring, entering, and adjusting offsets using the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix Mill control. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class will teach you various offsets of the Matrix lathe, how to view offsets using the Matrix control, and how to adjust offsets to compensate for tool wear. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class explains the key components in the creation and execution of a simple milling program.

Machining Online Intermediate 1.0 This class explains the key components in the creation and execution of a simple turning program. Machining Online Intermediate 1.0. Format Functional Area Department ID Department Class ID Class Name Description Difficulty Version Language Related Classes Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330250 This class introduces the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix mill control panel and describes the steps for powering up and powering down the machine. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330255 This class introduces the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix lathe control panel and describes the steps for powering up and powering down the machine.

Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330260 This class discusses common safety issues concerning the Mazak mill, as well as OSHA and ANSI requirements for Mazak mill operators. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330265 This class discusses common safety issues concerning the Mazak lathe, as well as OSHA and ANSI requirements for Mazak lathe operators. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330270 This class discusses the various coordinates systems involving machine components and the considerations for selecting workpiece zero. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330275 This class discusses the various coordinate systems involving machine components and the considerations for selecting workpiece zero. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330280 This class provides an overview of offsets and the step-by-step instructions needed for measuring, entering, and adjusting offsets using the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix Mill control. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330285 This class will teach you various offsets of the Matrix lathe, how to view offsets using the Matrix control, and how to adjust offsets to compensate for tool wear. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330286 This class explains the key components in the creation and execution of a simple milling program.

Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330287 This class explains the key components in the creation and execution of a simple turning program. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330288 This class covers the basics of creating a simple milling program on the Mazatrol Matrix Mill control. Topics include the basic units that comprise a Mazatrol program and the range of machining units available to make almost any milled part.

Beginner 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330289 This class covers the basics of creating a simple turning program on the Mazatrol Smart lathe control. Topics include the basic units that comprise a Mazatrol program and the range of turning units available to make almost any turned part. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330290 This class addresses the steps needed to start, stop, and restart programs on the Mazak mill, along with the steps used to activate a program. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330295 This class addresses the steps needed to start, stop, and restart programs on the Mazak lathe, along with the steps used to activate a program. Intermediate 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330310 This class describes common methods for transferring and storing part programs on the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix mill control. Advanced 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330315 This class describes common methods for transferring and storing part programs on the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix lathe control. Advanced 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330320 This class describes how to verify the accuracy of a program and make minor editing changes on the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix Mill control to ensure part quality.

Advanced 1.0 English Online Machining 330 CNC Controls: Mazak 330325 This class describes how to verify the accuracy of a program and make minor editing changes on the Mazak Mazatrol Matrix Lathe control to ensure part quality. Advanced 1.0 English.