Tool Changer; Tool Table, Pocket Table - HEIDENHAIN TNC 426 PB/M Technical Manual

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6.21 Tool Changer

You control the tool changer through PLC outputs.

If the tool changer is operated with controlled axes, then use the PLC axes

(See "PLC Axes" on page 6 – 28). 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 PROGRAM RUN mode of operation:

Ensure that the tool table and pocket table are neither locked nor protected

with MP7224 (See "Files" on page 6 – 300)

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, the pocket table is TOOL_P.TCH. Both files

are saved in the root directory TNC:\ .

In the PROGRAMMING AND EDITING mode of operation you can read the

tool table in and out through the data interface:

Press the PGM MGT soft key. The pocket table is always transferred along

with the tool table.

On the external storage medium the tool table has the identifier T, and the

pocket table has the identifier R.

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