Spindle Gear Switching - Siemens PUMA V400/M Operation Manual

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Spindle Gear Switching

You may want to change the torque and attributes output RPM of the spindle with the gear
box according to the spindle specifications attached to the machine spindle. This function
exists only for some models are applied. A total of three-way gear switching method, and is
1) Manual Operation
If you press the spindle gear selector button, gear switching behavior occurs. Low
gear maintains in the state the lamp is off, if the High gear, it lights. When machine
is ready at first time, button lamp is blinking because machine doesn't know gear
state at the first time. Also maintains the blinking state in gear switching
2) Automatic operation
M40 : Automatic gear switching.
M41 : Gear step 1(Low) switching
M42 : Gear step 2(High) switching
At the M-code command is switched to the appropriate gear. lights status is the
same as the manual operation.
Different from the automatic winding switching function, It is impossible to change
gear step during spindle rotation.
When machine is ready at first time, all the gear switching lamp or main spindle's
gear switching button are blinking because machine does not know gear state at the
first time. Manual gear change or the first M-code command can have the main
spindle rotation command. Different from the automatic winding switching function, It
is impossible to change gear step during spindle rotation.
tailored to the characteristics of the machine.
(1) High/Low Gear switching
It is used in normal medium-sized equipment, and is selected by Low or
High Gear always.
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