Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Health Net Cards

OK - They're here!

The Health Net cards are finally here. Sharon has them. If you need it before you can get to the office, she or I will be glad to read you the pertinent information and/or fax it somewhere.

As I mentioned, this should be a pretty easy transition. The HSA stays the same. Health Net has agreed to accept our previously paid 2009 deductibles and each of us who has had medical expenses this year will need to get statements from Blue Shield to verify the amount. (More about that later).

I suggest you take a few minutes to log into the Health Net website and register. I've found that having the online Blue Shield documents has been a big help.

Even though the cards were issued a couple of days ago, coverage began November 1.

Call or write me with any questions. Let me know how you like working with these guys.

Through the magic of Tamiflu and azithromycin, I'm feeling human again. Neither of my two recent doctors seemed to care what I just had, and I was not tested for H1N1. Whatever it was, it was BAD. The fact that I had a regular flu shot leads me to the H1N1 conclusion, but I guess I'll never know.

Warren

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Fanuc Servo Tuning, H1N1 Flu

When one has the flu, whether it is seasonal flu 2009 or H1N1 (I went home Thursday with one of these) one has time to catch up on all kinds of reading. If you glance at the document below, you will probably begin to see how much Fanuc has advanced the state of servo performance from the Fanuc 5/6/11 vintage drives we've become accustomed to. 

Have you ever been asked to adjust backlash acceleration? Have you ever considered whether a machine has HRV1, 2 or 3 type servos?

Some of you have been discussing Ball Bar testing with me recently, and this book addresses some of the things that get checked with a Ball Bar test, that couldn't be seen with an indicator and an experienced person. 

We need to keep up, so during these slow times, take some books home.

I hope to be back soon.

Warren