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Need Help..Tsugami TMA8_II Toolchanger
- Thread starter Omega
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That machine is kind of rare, so you might have a hard time finding someone with experience with it. Can you explain more about the problems you are having? We have a Tsugami horizontal machining center with a double stack tool changer, so maybe it's similar?
I can't seem to get the sequence correct, the transit block that shuttles the tools between carousels
seems to be the issue, What I'm wondering is if the tool in the shuttle is next tool or current tool,
or maybe it's both ?, Put one away and picks the other ?
Any help would be appreciated
Thank you..
So, on ours there are two chains of tools. 1-32 are on the bottom chain, and 33-64 are on the top chain. The tool changer takes tools from the bottom one. To get a tool from the top, there is a shuttle that moves the tool you want from the top chain down to the bottom chain. It only puts it into position 6 of the bottom chain. Then the bottom chain rotates to put the tool now in position 6 into the spindle. This lines up position 11 with the shuttle, which can now move back up to the top chain. It's a little complicated to explain. Basically, we just have to remember that you never load a tool into position 6 or position 11 because those are used for transferring between the two levels.
We just load the tools into either chain and call them in MDI or Auto mode normally- as if they were all on the same chain. We don't have to do anything special for the upper tools. There are M-codes to do different movements of the tool changer and magazine individually, but those are only used for maintenance.
I hope this is helpful. Again, I don't know how similar our machines are. Post a picture of yours if you're still stuck.
We just load the tools into either chain and call them in MDI or Auto mode normally- as if they were all on the same chain. We don't have to do anything special for the upper tools. There are M-codes to do different movements of the tool changer and magazine individually, but those are only used for maintenance.
I hope this is helpful. Again, I don't know how similar our machines are. Post a picture of yours if you're still stuck.
Johnhudson
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2016
When you go into custom mode,
Soft key grip, Will tell you the tool position for upper and lower turrets.
The tool shuttle position is also indicated.
Soft key grip, Will tell you the tool position for upper and lower turrets.
The tool shuttle position is also indicated.
Johnhudson
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2016
Input tool# soft key door to orientate needs to be in handle mode.
This toolchanger is a bit different, It sort of resembles two Haas carousel types stacked
on top of each other with a tool transport block that runs up and down and in and out.
Thank you for help , I appreciate it
I've got a pretty good handle on the Gripper screen, I can move the tools around and load them
in the correct pots,
What I'm having a problem with is when a try to run a program and tool change between two
tools say 5 and 6, How do I tell the machine to get tool 6 ready and waiting, If I program
it like the book says it just alarms out (m06 error) at the toolchange seq. I see no ref.
to a pre tool call in the book.
Another thing I noticed is that if I move the transport over the tool in the carousel and
bring it down over the tool the Pos. screen says everything is as it should be (correct tool in transport...etc., but
if I move the transport with that tool in it to the waiting pos. the screen will say tool zero in transport.
Johnhudson
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2016
Yeah, I don't stage the
next tool either, guy
before me said it just causes
problems, I'll give it a tryout
next week, It's kind of a
bastard machine sometimes,
But when it runs it makes great
quality parts.
next tool either, guy
before me said it just causes
problems, I'll give it a tryout
next week, It's kind of a
bastard machine sometimes,
But when it runs it makes great
quality parts.
