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"Heavy Tool" setting - Bridgeport VMC1000
- Thread starter JB661
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LockNut
Stainless
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- Jan 6, 2007
- Location
- Bergen County
What control? If you have a tool management screen or similar, there should be a setting there. Or, there should be an M code that you would place before the tool change to turn it on and another to turn it off when you change to the next tool.
Paul
Paul
LockNut
Stainless
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2007
- Location
- Bergen County
Is your machine capable of this? For a large tool, there is a setting in the tool table to fix the pocket. This means that tool will only go back in that pocket and you leave the pockets on either side empty. For a heavy tool, this should be set in the pocket table somewhere. But that is dependant on the machine tool builder. On your machine, I do not know. All of this also depends on whether your machine is a fixed pocket machine or a random pocket machine. You should be able to find this in the machine manual., the one that was supplied by the builder, not Heidenhain.
Paul
Paul
JRIowa
Diamond
- Joined
- May 27, 2003
- Location
- Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
There should be specs in the ops manual for maximum tool weight, dia, and length. If you exceed and of those, you need to manually load the tool. AFAIK, no adjustments on the ATC for speed.
JR
JR
