Greetings all; One of the problems I'll have to solve in the future for a tool changer, is the diff in unlock run time of the ratchet wrench, dependent on whether the tool is in a TTS like holder, and all thats being changed is the TTS holder or needs to have the r9 itself changed, For the TTS, an unscrew of just enough to loosen the R8's grip on the TTS tool holder.
But if changing the r8 because the next tool is gooped at the correct length in an r8, I'll have to run the ratchet wrench another half an inch+ to totally drop the r8. This is also a lot more rise and fall of the z axis to achieve the clearance needed to move the chain. IOW I'll need to have two different canned motion sequences somehow controlled either by a tool table entry, or something to tell the tool changer what its to do. How have the rest of you solved this problem on a smaller mill that might use both styles of tool holders? I could see a flag on the pocket tripping a microswitch, or at the expense of a longer chain, dedicated pockets, or a prox sw above the pocket that would trigger only on the longer r8? And probably something I haven't imagined yet. Thanks for any suggestions I can carve into this when I find my lost round tuit. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
