User Plc Processing When The Tool Life Management Function Is Selected - Mitsubishi Electric MELDAS 60 Series Programming Manual

9.3.5 User PLC Processing When the Tool Life Management Function Is Selected

A PLC processing example when tool change is made by the T command is given below:
NO
Read life management tool data based
on the R36 contents by using TSRH
command.
NO
Index magazine according to tool
number in the read tool data.
Change tool (mount new tool on
spindle)
Set the tool number of the tool mounted
on the spindle in R3720.
Turn on auxiliary function completion
signal.
Error processing
START
(a)
Does T command exist?
YES
Is life management
selected?
YES
Is tool available?
YES
NO
(b)
Index up magazine
according to the
R36 contents.
(c)
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9. Exclusive Commands
The control system varies depending on
whether or not life management is
selected.
Life management tool data is read into
any desired R register based on T
command data (R36) by using life
management exclusive command.
The tool status and tool number are
checked to see if the tool can be used.
Desired tool (magazine) is indexed.
Desired tool (magazine) is indexed.
Set the tool number of the new tool
mounted on the spindle in R3720.
(d) Seeing a change in the R3720
contents, controller outputs the life
management tool data corresponding to
the tool number to R3724 ~ R3735 and
starts life management at the same time.
The completion signal when life
management is selected is turned on
after the spindle tool number is set in
R3720.