2013/7/27 Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> > 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. > > Jon > > Great thinking guys, but lets get back to the basics... :)
I've been trying to find documentation how to make a tool change happen. It says in the Getting started/User manual that there's more to read in the Integrator's, but there's only some text about the fixed/random settings. There are a few articles on the wiki and they are all old and unfinished. I have no problem of adding both pneumatic and extra servo's and sensors to make a tool changer, but I haven't figured out how to do it within the software. Classic Ladder, HAL?.. I'll write a complete tool changer cook book chapter when I get something working! BTW, I have already bought two pretty heavy palette tables from a Deckel. This is going to be sturdy stuff. /S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
