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Tormach ATC Owner's Manual

Automatic tool changer on a 770m
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TECHNICAL DOCUMENT
Version 0718A
Owner's
Guide: 770M®
Automatic Tool
Changer (ATC)
Page 1
Specifications subject to change without notice.
©Tormach® 2018

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  • Page 1 TECHNICAL DOCUMENT Version 0718A Owner's Guide: 770M® Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) Page 1 Specifications subject to change without notice. ©Tormach® 2018...

  • Page 2: Product Information

    1.2 PRODUCT INFORMATION Product: Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) The Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) holds up to 10 tools in a single tray. If your program requires more tools, the ATC changes tools automatically for all tools assigned to the tray, and pauses for a manual tool change for all tools not assigned to the tray.

  • Page 3: Required Tools

    If you previously installed the Power Drawbar button assembly, similar for this purpose. you must first disassemble it. If you're installing an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) on a new 2.1.3 Prepare the Machine machine, go to "Mount the Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) Bracket"...
  • Page 4 2. Use a 12 mm hex wrench (provided) to secure the air studs as shown in the following image. cylinder to the ATC main assembly with two M14 × 20 mm socket head cap screws. Figure 2-4: ATC mounting bracket installed on the four standoffs.
  • Page 5 4. Use four M8 × 1.25 - 16 mm socket head cap screws that the top right standoff and the slot on the ATC you set aside in Step 1 to secure the ATC main assembly to mounting bracket, and draw a straight line the mounting bracket.
  • Page 6 Figure 2-10: Example of the directions to adjust the ATC alignment. 3. Insert a rod — no more than 8 inches long — into a Tormach If it isn't, do the following: Tooling System® (TTS®) tool holder. Adjust the alignment of the ATC in the Y direction: 4.
  • Page 7 Bring the machine out of reset and reference it. Make Air Connections 9. Slowly jog the Z-axis down (-Z) 1-1/2 inches. 1. Use snips to cut the zip tie securing the ATC cables and 10. Power off the machine and the PathPilot® controller. plastic tubes together.
  • Page 8 5. From the PathPilot® interface, on the Main tab, type 1000 Make Electrical Connections into the RPM DRO field. 1. Route the ATC power cable and the USB cable toward the 6. Click FWD. back of the machine. The spindle starts.
  • Page 9 While machining, the Tormach Tooling System® (TTS®) collet Step 3. holds a Tormach Tooling System® (TTS®) tool holder in the spindle by applying a clamping force to both the shank and the shoulder of 3. Disconnect the shop's air supply from the Power Drawbar the tool.
  • Page 10 Figure 2-21: Hex head screw on the Power Drawbar 1. Make sure that there is no tool in the spindle. cylinder's rod. 2. From the PathPilot® interface, on the ATC tab, click Ref Tool 7. Remove the M16 washer from the Power Drawbar cylinder’s Tray.
  • Page 11 Adjust the alignment of the tool in the Y direction (toward or away from the Z column): a. Determine if the tray must move clockwise or counterclockwise. Figure 2-24: Go to Tray Load Position button on the ATC tab. 4. When prompted, click OK. The tool tray moves forward.
  • Page 12 Make sure that you don't spin the rod tool during a tool change. end when adjusting the jam nut. 1. From the PathPilot® interface, on the ATC tab, click Tray c. Do one of the following: FWD to rotate the tray clockwise (forward) one full tool slot.
  • Page 13 1. From the PathPilot® interface, on the ATC tab, type the tool 3.1.2 Automatically Load a Tool into the Tool Tray number in the Remove DRO field, and then press ENTER on 1.
  • Page 14 2. Insert a tool into an open fork on the tray. 3. From the ATC tab, type the tool number into the Insert DRO field, and then press ENTER on the keyboard.
  • Page 15 TECHNICAL DOCUMENT 2. On the ATC tab, click Set TC POS. Figure 3-6: Set TC POS button on the ATC tab. The tool change position is set. 3.1.9 Switch to Manual Tool Changes From the PathPilot® interface, on the Settings tab, click the Manual Tool Change radio button.
  • Page 16 Make sure the groove on the fork faces the machine table. NOTICE! Do not use metal screws to replace broken screws on an ATC fork. If you do, it could cause machine damage. 3. Re-adjust the tool tray rotation. Go to "Adjust the Tool Tray Load Position"...