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8.15 Tool changer
8.15.1 Tool and pocket table
July 2013
You control the tool changer through PLC outputs.
If the tool changer is to be driven by controlled axes, use PLC axes. See page
630. You can also control the tool changer through proximity switches:
Save the information about the tool in the tool table and the information
about the tool changer in the pocket table.
Tool management (replacement tool, tool life, etc.) is handled by the NC.
Markers and words provide you with the information necessary for driving the
tool changer.
You can edit the tool table in the machining modes of operation:
Ensure that the tool table and pocket table are neither locked nor protected
via MP7224.x. See page 1406.
Press the TOOL TABLE soft key.
From the tool table you can call the pocket table (see the User's Manual):
Ensure that the POCKET TABLE soft key is not hidden by MP7263 bit 0.
Press the POCKET TABLE soft key.
The current tool table is TOOL.T, and the pocket table is TOOL_P.TCH. Both
files are saved in the root directory TNC:\.
Definition of the tool and pocket table:
In MP7266.x, specify the fields of the tool table that are to be displayed and
the sequence in which they appear.
In MP7267.x, specify the fields of the pocket table that are to be displayed
and the sequence in which they appear.
Ensure that the tool table and pocket table are neither locked nor protected
via MP7224.x. See page 1406.
In MP7260, specify the number of tools in the tool table.
• If MP7260 = 0, no tool table is used (TOOL.T does not exist). In this case,
you must program the tool length and radius in the NC program with a
TOOL DEF block (see the User's Manual). There is no automatic tool
management.
If you are only using one tool magazine, set the number of pockets in
MP7261.0 and enter MP7261.1-15 = 0. If you use multiple tool magazines,
see "Managing multiple tool magazines" on page 1590.
• If MP7261.0-15 = 0, no pocket table is generated.
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