Camera-Based Monitoring Of The Setup Situation Vsc (Option 136); Fundamentals - HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 User Manual

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Visual Setup Control VSC (Software Option 136) | Camera-based monitoring of the setup situation VSC

18.1 Camera-based monitoring of the setup

situation VSC (option 136)

In order to use the Visual Setup Control you require the following

Software: Option 136 Visual Setup Control (VSC)

Hardware: Camera system of HEIDENHAIN

Refer to your machine manual.

This feature must be enabled and adapted by the

machine tool builder.

Camera-based checking of the setup situation (option 136 Visual

Setup Control) allows you to monitor the current setup situation

before and during processing, and to compare this with a safe

target status. After setup, simple cycles for automatic monitoring

are available.

A camera system generates reference images of the current

workspace. With Cycles 600 GLOBAL WORKING SPACE or 601

LOCAL WORKING SPACE, the control produces an image of the

working space and compares the image with previously prepared

reference images. These cycles may alert to discrepancies in the

workspace. The operator decides whether the NC program is

interrupted in the event of an error or continues to run.

Using VSC offers the following advantages:

The control can recognize elements (e.g. tools, fixtures, etc.)

that are in the working space once the program has started

If you always want to clamp a workpiece at the same position

(e.g. hole at top right), the control can check the clamping

For documentation purposes you can generate an image of the

current workspace (e.g. of a clamping situation that is rarely

HEIDENHAIN | User's manual for cycle programming | 10/2017

(option 136)