Protection Areas - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

14.7.2

Protection areas

14.7.2.1 Creating protection areas
● At locations where there are machine components, e.g. table or spindle in the machining
● At the positions where tools can be in the collision space, tool protection areas
Note
Tool carriers are not modeled
Tool carriers, clamping or cutting edge holders are not emulated in the machine modeling
and are not checked for collision.
Precondition
● The option is set
● Machine data are set
● A kinematic chain has been created
Procedure
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area, machine protection areas are defined.
(e.g. for a turning tool of the cutting part, i.e. the cutting edge) are created and defined.
1. Position the cursor at the kinematic chain element to which you wish to
attach a protection area.
2. Press the "New element" softkey.
3. Press the "Collision element" softkey.
The "New Collision Element" selection window opens.
4. Select "Machine protection area" if you wish to model a machine part.
- OR -
Select "Tool protection area" if you wish to model a tool part.
5. Press the "OK" softkey to insert the element.
The "machine protection area" or "tool protection area" window opens.
6. Enter the desired values and press the "OK" softkey to confirm your
entries.
Collision avoidance
14.7 Creating a kinematic structure
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