T32 control - limiting wasted motion

Cole2534 · Oct 10, 2021

Whats the trick to getting a tighter retract or safe plane on a T32? Program has 3 tools (profile, parting, puller) and seems to travel way too far in Z+ to make the changes, as in multiple inches of clearance between longest tool in the turret and Z offset value.

Are there any tricks to trim this distance?

Gobo · Oct 11, 2021

For the turret index, write a Mazatrol manual unit with the Z value closer to the face of the part. Mazatrol will always look at the length of the tools and the turret will position in Z for the index relative to the length of the longest tool. There is also a parameter for the Z index clearance of the longest tool, but I cant recall off the top of my head what that is. You can get into trouble using the 0 option for the tool change position in a manual unit, so be careful. You can also command a tool index anywhere in X using the same method. I use manual units quite a bit to do stuff that Mazatrol wont let you do. Often you can significantly reduce cycle time and wasted motion using manual units.

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