
12.TOOL FUNCTIONS B-63943EN-1/02
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NOTE
For the maximum number of tool management
function customize data, refer to the relevant
manual of the machine tool builder.
- Cartridge management table
The storage status of tools in cartridges is managed with the cartridge
management table.
- Multiple cartridge numbers can be defined. (Numbers from 1 to
4, up to four cartridges)
- The maximum number of pots for all cartridges is 64, 240, or
1000, which depends on whether a tool management data option
is selected.
- Cartridge numbers and pot numbers can be assigned freely
within cartridge management data by parameter setting
(described later).
- The tool management data number adjacent to a pot number is
linked with tool data defined in the tool management table.
Therefore, the tool attached to the pot is indicated.
- Zero set as a data number indicates that no tool is attached.
- The cartridge management table can be read from and written to
through the PMC window and FOCAS2.
The spindle management table and standby position table are provided
to indicate special cartridge positions.
- Spindle positions and standby positions, regarded as special
cartridge positions, have fixed cartridge numbers 11 to 14 (the
positions of the first to fourth spindles) and 21 to 24 (the first to
fourth standby positions).
- With the PMC window, the spindle position table and standby
position table can be read from and written to.
- Tool life counting is performed only for the tools at the spindle
positions.
- Multi-path system
The tool management data and cartridge management table are
common data among the paths. The spindle management table and
standby position table, however, are treated as independent data for
each path.
When the spindle table or standby position table is specified as a
cartridge from the PMC window, specify the following, in which the
path number is set in the hundred’s place:
Spindle position
First Second Third Fourth
First path 111(11) 112(12) 113(13) 114(14)
Second path 211 212 213 214
Third path 311 312 313 314
Fourth path 411 412 413 414
Fifth path 511 512 513 514
Sixth path 611 612 613 614