recalcitrant
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2012
- Location
- Grand Junction
I have a Mazak and two Super Max Mills that all use Fanuc consoles, so I'm assuming that they all use similar G and M codes. I am putting together the second super max (basically from its constituent parts, aka a billion different pieces) and have it almost back together, but am having a problem programming tool changes.
The spindle and the carousel change both tools simultaneously (there is an arm that grabs both tools and swaps them at the same time) but rather than bringing the carousel back to, say, tool 1, it puts it in the slot that it just pulled the other tool out of, say, tool 5. This means that when I run the program a second time, it grabs for tool 1 (which isn't there because its in the tool 5 slot), and needless to say this causes problems. Is there some sort of M command that I need to input after the tool change command so that the carousel will cycle to the right position? My other super max doesn't have this problem so I'm a little lost (though the carousels on them are totally different).
I'm currently waiting on a new vice and an indexer, on top of building all the jigs I need to run parts, but would really like to have it running smooth in a couple weeks so any help would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, it will be me sitting with a book, spending all day messing with the controller trying to make it do what it is supposed to do. Thanks! Mike.
The spindle and the carousel change both tools simultaneously (there is an arm that grabs both tools and swaps them at the same time) but rather than bringing the carousel back to, say, tool 1, it puts it in the slot that it just pulled the other tool out of, say, tool 5. This means that when I run the program a second time, it grabs for tool 1 (which isn't there because its in the tool 5 slot), and needless to say this causes problems. Is there some sort of M command that I need to input after the tool change command so that the carousel will cycle to the right position? My other super max doesn't have this problem so I'm a little lost (though the carousels on them are totally different).
I'm currently waiting on a new vice and an indexer, on top of building all the jigs I need to run parts, but would really like to have it running smooth in a couple weeks so any help would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, it will be me sitting with a book, spending all day messing with the controller trying to make it do what it is supposed to do. Thanks! Mike.