Hello MASSO Community
and greetings from Dresden, Germany. We would like to present you our current CNC project. It is a modified CNC from 1998
that had a Siemens Sinumerik control and now uses a MASSO G3. We bought it from a school near our town for a very decent
price in terms of the components installed. Involved are my good friend Carsten (metal cutting mechanic) and myself, Simon
(electronic engineering technician).
In our workshop we mainly work with wood. We can turn, saw, grind, drill and now also mill.
Axes:
We are reusing the three SIMOSTEP 1FL3061 Drive Units.
Motors are:
2x Berger Lahr VDRM3910/50 LWC (Y-, Z-Axis)
1x Siemens 1FL3061-0AC31-0BG0 (X-Axis)
Those are 3-phase-stepper motors. Seemingly rare.
The IDC connector on the side of MASSO is used to run the 5V optical couplers of the SIMOSTEP Drive Units
directly with the 5V TTL signals.
Spindle:
We are simply using the existing hand router that we inherited. As wood is already our preferred medium it works fairly well for now.
In the midterm we want to use a 4.5kW BT30 Air CNC Spindle with ATC support.
Currently, a spindle conversion is taking place from the inherited router to a 4.5kW air-cooled spindle. When the conversion is complete this section will be updated.
Work Area:
1220mmx810mmx230mm (X,Y,Z)
Safety Concept:
Our safety circuit uses a PNOZ Z Category 2 EN 954-1 relay. This simplifies our safety circuit enormously as each
of our axes uses a SCHMERSAL limit switch at both ends. All these end positions are independent of our soft ends.
In series with our emergency stop next to the monitor and the handwheel, they trip the relay and disable the drives
and signal emergency stop to MASSO. If the emergency stop is activated, the cause must be eliminated and the
emergency stop must be acknowledged at a button on the control cabinet. Then the actuators and MASSO are both
released again via the relay. Acknowledging the emergency stop is quite common in our special machines.
The two door sensors (left and front) are also wired in series and connected to the door sensor input.
Future Projects:
-Spindle
-Toolsetter
-Automatic Tool Changer
-Vacuum table, 4x pneumatic cylinders for fast workpiece alignment, integration into our central suction, fourth and fifth axis
and greetings from Dresden, Germany. We would like to present you our current CNC project. It is a modified CNC from 1998
that had a Siemens Sinumerik control and now uses a MASSO G3. We bought it from a school near our town for a very decent
price in terms of the components installed. Involved are my good friend Carsten (metal cutting mechanic) and myself, Simon
(electronic engineering technician).
In our workshop we mainly work with wood. We can turn, saw, grind, drill and now also mill.
Axes:
We are reusing the three SIMOSTEP 1FL3061 Drive Units.
Motors are:
2x Berger Lahr VDRM3910/50 LWC (Y-, Z-Axis)
1x Siemens 1FL3061-0AC31-0BG0 (X-Axis)
Those are 3-phase-stepper motors. Seemingly rare.
The IDC connector on the side of MASSO is used to run the 5V optical couplers of the SIMOSTEP Drive Units
directly with the 5V TTL signals.
| Axis | X | Y | Z |
| Pulses per Revolution | 10k | 10k | 10k |
| Distance per Revolution | 125mm | 125mm | 50mm |
| Resolution | 0.0125mm/step | 0.0125mm/step | 0.005mm/step |
| Gearing | mechanical(10:1); tooth belt(48:22) | mechanical(10:1); tooth belt(48:22) | ball screw(5mm pitch); tooth belt(1:1) |
| Feedrate | 5000mm/min | 5000mm/min | 1200mm/min |
| Acceleration | 350mm/sec | 350mm/sec | 300mm/sec |
| min. Travel | -1155mm | -745mm | -165mm |
| max. Travel | +65mm | +65mm | +65mm |
| yet to come(Acceleration must be re-evaluated after installation of the 25kg spindle), Backlash, etc.) |
Spindle:
We are simply using the existing hand router that we inherited. As wood is already our preferred medium it works fairly well for now.
In the midterm we want to use a 4.5kW BT30 Air CNC Spindle with ATC support.
Currently, a spindle conversion is taking place from the inherited router to a 4.5kW air-cooled spindle. When the conversion is complete this section will be updated.
Work Area:
1220mmx810mmx230mm (X,Y,Z)
Safety Concept:
Our safety circuit uses a PNOZ Z Category 2 EN 954-1 relay. This simplifies our safety circuit enormously as each
of our axes uses a SCHMERSAL limit switch at both ends. All these end positions are independent of our soft ends.
In series with our emergency stop next to the monitor and the handwheel, they trip the relay and disable the drives
and signal emergency stop to MASSO. If the emergency stop is activated, the cause must be eliminated and the
emergency stop must be acknowledged at a button on the control cabinet. Then the actuators and MASSO are both
released again via the relay. Acknowledging the emergency stop is quite common in our special machines.
The two door sensors (left and front) are also wired in series and connected to the door sensor input.
Future Projects:
-Spindle
-Toolsetter
-Automatic Tool Changer
-Vacuum table, 4x pneumatic cylinders for fast workpiece alignment, integration into our central suction, fourth and fifth axis
I found Mr SWA talking about his 1998 CNC machine with siemens sinumarik. I have a 1998 HYUNDAY HIT-8S lathe with SIEMENS SIMODRIVE 611 . The machi is 240v with a 3phase spindle motor it has a 3phase conveter. My Question is can i use masso cnc control in my machin? the reason why I asked is because in the pictures I didn't see the drivers. Can I use the cnc masso control with ( Simodrive 611 )
