Dear Experts
In a VMC with Fanuc 0i, as operator did not select the right program, spindle tool banged with fixture causing huge damage to spindle and downtime.
We continue training operators to keep feedrate at 0%, check distance to go, reset if distance to go looks alarming, check work offsets & then slowly release feed, still this is not being followed.
Request to suggest any other fool proof way of avoiding this
Regards
The operator should have - in large print, in a station near the machine controller :
What program the machine should be running.
What the correct program "O" number should be
Information including whether the program has been proved out or not.
Only ONE person should be assigned to setup/prove out. Once the program has been proved out and is ready to go, NO alterations or changes are to be made unless they are verified.