andy pugh wrote: > Yes. But that is conventional and logical. I was wondering if I could > eliminate all motors from the toolchanger and still have a rotary > carousel. > (so that tools can live outside the work envelope) > Put a ratchet on the carousel, and have a place where the spindle pokes to step the ratchet. You need one sensor for the home pocket, and then the spindle can bump the carousel the required number of pockets to advance to the required pocket. This would probably end up being a NON-random changer, since it couldn't bump the carousel with a tool in the spindle. So, you'd replace the tool in the same pocket it came from, bump to the next required tool, and grab it with the spindle.
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