
A-79346E
Title
Draw
No.
Ed. Date Design Description
Date Jan.06.’04 Design. Apprv.
5/22
page
FANUC Series 30i-MODEL A
Tool management function oversize
tools su
ort
Cartridge of matrix type
The area occupied by a tool stored in a cartridge of matrix type is described below.
Set left, right, upper, and lower pots occupied relative to a reference pot in steps of 0.5 pot.
The maximum specifiable value is 4 (for 2 pots). (See Fig. 1.)
As shown in Fig. 2, the pots located in the slant directions relative to a reference pot are
automatically assumed to be occupied areas so that the occupied areas form a rectangle.
However, if the same value, 3 or a greater value, is set for the left, right, upper, and lower
directions, and figure B is selected, the four corners of the square can be excluded from the
occupied areas as shown in Fig. 3. When a tool has a circular figure, the tool can be stored
efficiently in pots if figure B is selected.
Tool pattern
No.
Left
direction
Right
direction
Upper
direction
Lower
direction
Figure
1 0 3 2 1 A
2 2 2 1 3 A
Omitted
19 1 1 1 1 A
20 2 3 2 2 A
Table 1 : Tool figure data
Reference pot (where tool whose
figure to be defined is stored)
Set left, right, upper, and
lower pots to be occupied in
steps of 0.5 pot relative to
reference pot. (Pots (colored)
in slant directions cannot be
set.)
Lower direction
Left direction Ri
ht direction
U
er direction
Fig. 1 : Tool figure data setting