I visited a big aerospace shop in Everett and finally get why they obsess over toolpath verification software.

I saw a guy scrap a $2,500 Inconel part because the simulation missed a tiny holder collision that a physical dry run would have caught, so what's your go-to method for checking a tricky program before the spindle starts?

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lunaf675d ago

My old shop in Tacoma had a scrap pile I personally kept well stocked. These days I just run the first few inches of code with the tool way up in the air.

parker_price5d ago

Always do a dry run with the tool far above the part.

emma_dixon705d ago

What height do you set for your dry run? I go about an inch above the part and run the whole program to check for rapid moves that might dive down. Catching a bad line of code up there saves a crash.