also I am currently running 2.7 I think it is the stretch iso but am not 100 percent on that. will have to check somehow?
and wondering if I should change to 2.8 so that I don't have to upgrade in the future for any 5 axis stuff. On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 1:34 PM andrew beck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Andy > > I am very interested in other options. from what I have seen there is > very little support for classic ladder around. could you expand on the > carousel component please. I will also do a google search for it. > > I have almost got to the point to just getting a small click PLC and > sending it a toolchange signal input. Then a toolchange signal completion > output. But it would be good to be able to get the toolchanger to fail > gracefully and then manually trigger it if needed. With all the cnc mills > that get retrofitted I am surprised that there is not more info around. > But I am probably looking in the wrong place. > > regards > > Andrew > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 12:58 PM Andy Pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> > On 28 Sep 2019, at 01:35, andrew beck <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > my VMC doesn't require axis moment when toolchanging. It is a random >> > position toolchanger that is a side mount thing with 24 tools and a air >> > cylinder that drops down and switches the tools. >> >> Ladder might well be the right solution here. But you could look at using >> the carousel component in unidirectional mode driving a siggen component to >> step the changer. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
