THank you for detailed explanation! We are trying to start using this advanced toold management on our EC400 with pallet pool. But I am having an issue with automatic tool break control. When milling operation is done- I want to go ahead and detect if a tool is broken with Renishaw tool probe. And this tool belongs to the tool group. It goes to touch the probe with specific tool from a group, but then it gives an alarm - TOOL BROKEN. But tool is still intact and all good. To me it looks like machine is messing with Tool numbers and tool length offsets. Here is an example of tool break control routine. Can you advise? M104 (Extend tool setting probe arm) G65 P9853 T1020 B0. H0.1 M105 (Retract tool setting probe arm)
What would happen if the tool reaches its load limit in the middle of a cut? Will the machine still alarm out or is there an option to change tools and do a different program? Thank you
Hello Ryan. Setting number 84 "Tool Overload Action" sets up "what happens" when a tool is in an overloaded condition. Your choices are "Alarm, Feed Hold, Beep, Auto Feed". Depending on the severity of the load, along with this setting, the machine will react accordingly. It will not tool change and pick up the cut, however. Thank you.
The lathe ATM works identically to the mill. There is 1 limitation that I forgot to mention above as well: You are currently limited to using the same offset number as compared to the tool number. Example: You are allowed to use T0101, T0202, T0303, etc. You are not allowed to manage T0121, for example.
Nice video. I have been using the usage and seems to work great, but for drills I have tried no of holes and it does not act like I though it would. What does holes actually mean? The actual number of holes or the usage for a drill? If I program for say six holes and I have holes set to 3 it still drills all six holes. Is my canned cycle disqualifying the holes or what am I not getting? Please advise. Thank You for sharing
Hi Pablo. The usage count (on ATM) will advance with each part, with one exception: A tool change must occur to count the usage of the tool. If your program runs a single tool only, you will need to make at least 1 tool change in the program, in order for the usage count to work. If your program uses an "M99 Loop", you may also want to look at setting number 118 (M99 bumps M30 counter), to make sure that is on as well. Thank you for watching!
Hello Hightower. That's a great question. You can either replace the tool, and reset the tool life counter for that tool, and continue. If you want the next available tool to run instead, you can manually expire that tool by highlighting the "Life Percentage" cell for that tool. Type "*" and press the key to manually expire that tool (it will switch to 0% in that cell). This is stated on the page, just under those locations, while highlighting the cell. Thank you for watching!
